Tip of the day 26/7/2022 – National Historical Museum
Tip of the day 26/7/2022 – National Historical Museum https://thecloudkeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/244201945_229765639205495_709467888954189492_n-1024x492.jpg 1024 492 Cloudkeys https://thecloudkeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/244201945_229765639205495_709467888954189492_n-1024x492.jpgAs the heatwave in Athens remains in the city, the perfect solution to discover Athens and at the same time keep your temperature low is visiting museums. National Historical Museum at Karitsi Square is one of the most beautiful museum buildings of Athens and now a new exhibition just started there. After your visit you can have your dinner or just drink a beer in Karitsi square where it’s famous for its nightlife to locals.
The painter Thalia Flora-Karavia (1871-1960) was the first female Greek war correspondent in the Balkan Wars 1912-13 and in the Asia Minor Campaign 1919-1922. Armed with idealism she sketches and sends inspiring reports to the Greek newspaper of Alexandria, “Ephemeris” (July-October 1921). The NHM owns an important part of her work which is dedicated to the health struggle to save lives not only of soldiers but also of the entire population in the area under the Greek administration. In Smyrna, Moudania and Bursa, in hospitals, ships and hospital ships, Flora captures military doctors and nurses together with volunteers: noble figures of people, altruistically devoted to every sufferer. The exhibition is part of the NHM’s anniversary program for the centenary of Asia Minor destruction.