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“Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit” — Horace A glimpse of the new temporary exhibition "Inspirations. Ancient Greek Art living in Italy" in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece. The Exhibition focuses primarily on the Art and the influence of the ancient Greek Art on Roman civilization until the 20th century. (source: the Acropolis Museum website: https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/periodikes-ektheseis/inspirations)

The archaeological site of Delphi, Greece, in February - Part II. The Archaeological Museum of Delphi presents the history of the famous Delphic sanctuary and the most prominent Oracle of the ancient Greek world. The collection of the museum presents some of the most important works of ancient Greek art, covering the period from the 2nd millennium BC, before the foundation of the Sanctuary, until Late Antiquity, when a small Christian community was established in Delphi. [retrieved from https://archaeologicalmuseums.gr/]

The archaeological site of Delphi, Greece, in February. Along the sanctuary of Apollo the Sacred Way ran, on both sides of which the Treasuries of the Greek cities were gradually built and ex-votos and monumental sculpted complexes were erected. The Sacred Way ends at the Temple of Apollo, which comprised the Oracle of Delphi in antiquity, whereas the theatre rose above the sacred area. Outside of the sacred precinct public buildings were constructed, such as the Western Portico and the Stadium, the latter situated on the highest point of the archaeological site [retrieved from: https://delphi.culture.gr/]

Part II of the tour at the Goulandris Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, Greece, home to a collection of works by artists including Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, Auguste Renoir, Joan Miro, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, El Greco, Cézanne and Modigliani, as well as works by Greek modern painters including Parthenis, Bouzianis, Vasileiou, Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, Tsarouchis, Moralis, and Tetsis. [with information extracted from Wikipedia]

The exhibition features 83 masterpieces by 45 leading figures of modern and contemporary art, which encompass more than 12 artistic movements – from Impressionism to Pop Art, with intermediate movements including Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Abstraction and Surrealism.

A visit to the National Gallery Nafplion Annex, home to historical paintings related to the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829) as well as temporary exhibitions. Pictured: works of Maria Filopoulou from her exhibition Freedom.

The citadel of Mycenae, in North-East Peloponnese, Greece in June. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its highlights include the Lion Gate and the Treasury of Atreus.

The Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus, in Peloponnese, Greece, in June. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, among the monuments one will find the Theatre of Epidaurus, the Temples of Artemis and Asklepios, the Tholos, the Enkoimeterion and the Propylaia.

Open House Athens 2025 Memories: A tour of Bageion, designed in the late-nineteenth century by Ernst Ziller. Today, it functions as a multi-cultural venue.

Sunset tour at the Temple of Poseidon in Sounio (Attica, Greece) in March.

An afternoon at L'Orangerie (Paris, France) around Claude Monet's The Nymphéas (= Water Lilies) 

Views from the Temple of Aphaia in Aegina, Greece

Highlights from imperial palaces in Vienna: *Albertina Museum *The Hofburg *Ephesos Museum in the Neue Burg *Belvedere

Highlights from the Burggarten and Haus des Meeres in Vienna (Austria)

Vienna (Austria) in August

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (Italy) in August