Tip of the day 18/4/2023 – International Monuments and Sites Day

• April 18, 2023

18 April each year has been designated by UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) as the International Day for Monuments and Sites.

This anniversary aims to raise public awareness on the important issue of the protection of Cultural Heritage. To this end, all kinds of events are organised throughout the world, which seek not only to make the general public aware of the importance of the monuments of each country and their problems, but also to promote the case for their protection and their integration into modern social, cultural and economic life.

The theme of the 2023 celebration “Heritage Changes” highlights the urgent need to address the effects of climate change on historic monuments and sites.

On Tuesday 18 April 2023, entrance to archaeological sites, museums and monuments in Greece that are under public authority (Ministry of Culture and Sports) is free of charge.

List of World Heritage properties in Greece:

1986 Temple of Apollo Epicurean in Vasses
1987 Delphi
1987 Acropolis
1988 Athos
1988 Meteora
1988 Early Christian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
1988 Epidaurus
1988 Medieval town of Rhodes
1989 Mystras
1989 Olympia
1990 Delos
1990 Monastery of Daphne, Monastery of Saint Luke, New Monastery of Chios
1992 Pythagorion and Heraion of Samos
1996 Vergina
1999 Mycenae, Tiryns
1999 Chora, Holy Monastery of St. John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse of Patmos
2007 Historical town of Corfu
2016 Archaeological site of Philippi

How many of the list above you have already visited? And which you plan  to visit this summer?