In the footprints of the Philhellenes in Athens
This May, for the second consecutive year, the Philhellenism Museum will be a part of the Athens City Festival organized by the City of Athens, aiming to enrich the capital’s cultural map by highlighting our national cultural heritage.
In collaboration with the Athens City Festival, the Museum of Philhellenism organizes spring walks with a live guided tour of the city to highlight the new Monument of Philhellenes designed and implemented at its own expense by the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism. Through the creation of spring cultural itineraries, participants will discover a different side of historical Athens and travel 200 years back, to the beginning of the 19th century and the period of the Greek Revolution. The marble Monument, which will be unveiled in 2023, shows Nike (Victory) slightly leaning her body to untie her sandal and inscribes the names of 2,000 Philhellenes who acted before, during, and after the 1821 Revolution, providing vital services or even their lives for Greece’s Independence.
The walks will take place on May 7 and May 14. They will be of cultural and historical importance, with city points-stations bearing the history of Modern Greece and the Philhellenic movement as a common thread. The participants are scheduled to meet at 12:00 p.m. at Manu Rallous Square, opposite the Russian Church on Filellinon Street. The finish point is on Rizari Street, in front of the Monument of Philhellenes, in the gardens of the War Museum. Participants will wear headphones throughout these spring walks to better follow the tour, which will be performed in real time by the group’s guide and animator. The ultimate objective of these events is for participants to have the opportunity to know Athens better and to comprehend their place in the national, historical, and social continuum through historical retrospection.
Register by sending an email to info@phmus.org with your name, phone number, and walk date.
Follow this link for additional information about the Athens City Festival program.
