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Metaxas Regime
Metaxās or Metaxa may refer to: Places * Metaxas Line, fortifications in northeastern Greece in 1935–1940 * Metaxas, Greece, a village in the Greek region of Macedonia * Metaxas Regime or 4th of August Regime, a short-lived authoritarian regime in Greece from 1936 to 1941 People with the surname * Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect and competitive marksman * Andreas Metaxas (1790–1860), Greek politician * Konstantinos Metaxas (1793–1870), Greek fighter of the Greek War of Independence and politician from Cephalonia * Christina Metaxa (born 1992), Cypriot singer * Dimitris Metaxas, Greek-American computer scientist * Doris Metaxa (1911–2007), French tennis player * Eric Metaxas (born 1963), American author * Georges Metaxa (1899–1950, Romanian singer and actor * Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), Greek general, prime minister and dictator * Nemone Metaxas (born 1972), English DJ, presenter, producer, and athlete * Nikolas Metaxas (born 1988), Cypriot singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metaxas Line
The Metaxas Line (, ''Grammi Metaxa'') was a chain of fortifications constructed along the line of the Greco-Bulgarian border, designed to protect Greece in case of a Bulgarian invasion after the rearmament of Bulgaria. It was named after Ioannis Metaxas, then Prime Minister of Greece, and chiefly consists of tunnels that led to observatories, emplacements and machine gun nests. The constructions are so sturdy that they survive to this day, some of which are still in active service. Some of them are open to the public. The Metaxas Line consists of 21 independent fortification complexes, the largest of which is Fort Roupel as it covers 6.1 out of the 155 km of the full line and had been constructed at a height of 322 m. Illumination was initially mostly provided by oil-lamps, although generators were also installed. Currently, the fortifications are supplied with public electricity, but they are also equipped with generators. Ventilation was achieved both naturally and ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metaxas, Greece
Metaxa is a village located in Servia municipality, Kozani regional unit, in the Greek region of Macedonia. It is situated at an altitude of 1,060 meters above sea level. The postal code is 50500, while the telephone code is +30 24640. At the 2011 census the population was 226. The regional capital, Kozani Kozani ( el, Κοζάνη, ) is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of Western Macedonia. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley. The city lies above sea ..., is 45 km away. References Populated places in Kozani (regional unit) {{WMacedonia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metaxas Regime
Metaxās or Metaxa may refer to: Places * Metaxas Line, fortifications in northeastern Greece in 1935–1940 * Metaxas, Greece, a village in the Greek region of Macedonia * Metaxas Regime or 4th of August Regime, a short-lived authoritarian regime in Greece from 1936 to 1941 People with the surname * Anastasios Metaxas (1862–1937), Greek architect and competitive marksman * Andreas Metaxas (1790–1860), Greek politician * Konstantinos Metaxas (1793–1870), Greek fighter of the Greek War of Independence and politician from Cephalonia * Christina Metaxa (born 1992), Cypriot singer * Dimitris Metaxas, Greek-American computer scientist * Doris Metaxa (1911–2007), French tennis player * Eric Metaxas (born 1963), American author * Georges Metaxa (1899–1950, Romanian singer and actor * Ioannis Metaxas (1871–1941), Greek general, prime minister and dictator * Nemone Metaxas (born 1972), English DJ, presenter, producer, and athlete * Nikolas Metaxas (born 1988), Cypriot singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasios Metaxas
Anastasios Metaxas ( el, Αναστάσιος Μεταξάς; 27 February 1862 – 28 January 1937) was a Greek architect and shooter. Biography Metaxas was the royal architect of George I of Greece and is best known for being the architect chosen by George Averoff to restore also the Panathinaiko Stadium for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the birth of the modern Olympic movement, while the design was from Ernst Ziller. He studied architecture at University of Dresden and passed with honours, in his time he would also expand or reform many historic buildings including the Benaki Museum and the National Archaeological Museum, Athens to name a couple. Other works of his include the design for St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras and various public buildings and mansions in Athens. Metaxas was also an avid shooter and would appear in four Summer Olympics and win two medals, he firstly competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in the stadium he helped restore, he entered the 200 met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Metaxas
Andreas Metaxas ( el, Ανδρέας Μεταξάς; 179019 September 1860) was a Greek politician, fighter of the Greek War of Independence and diplomat from Cephalonia. He was prime minister of Greece from 3 September 1843 to 16 February 1844. Some military leaders of the revolution (Makriyannis) gave him the ironic nickname of "Conte Lalas'" due to his injury during the Battle of Lalas. Biography Origins and personal life Born in 1790 in ArgostoliDimitrios Fotiadis, ''Όθωνας - Η μοναρχία'', εκδόσεις Κυψέλη, Αθήνα, 1963, p.341. he belonged to the historical Metaxas family, which originated in Constantinople and moved to Kefalonia in the 15th century.''Σύγχρονος Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Ελευθερουδάκη'', vol. 17, p.369. He was the second son of Petros Metaxas and Violeta Loverdou and had three brothers, Anastasios, Paisios and Ioannis. Konstantinos Metaxas was his cousin. Although he did not receive any special educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantinos Metaxas
Konstantinos Metaxas ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Μεταξάς, 1793–1870) was a Greek fighter of the Greek War of Independence and politician from Cephalonia. Biography Origin and activity in the War of Independence He was born in Argostoli in 1793, as one of the four children of Nicholas Metaxas and Diamantina Andritsi. He studied law in Italy and returning to Cephalonia he worked as a lawyer. On the eve of the Greek Revolution he was initiated into the Filiki Eteria and in cooperation with the local archbishop Germanos, he organized the forthcoming local volunteer campaign in the Peloponnese. In May 1821, along with his cousin, Andreas Metaxas, he was one of the chiefs of the Cephalonian volunteers who disembarked at Glarentza and took part in the siege of Lala. Later, he participated as head of his compatriots in the battles around the city of Patras, but he suffered from typhus and he was transferred for treatment to Messolonghi. In 1822, he was appointed by the Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Metaxa
Christina Metaxa (Greek: Χριστίνα Μεταξά; born 4 April 1992) is a Greek-Cypriot singer and songwriter. Her elder brother, Nikolas Metaxas, is also a singer and won second place in the Greek version of ''The X Factor''. Her brother is also the creator and composer of her Eurovision entry, " Firefly". Metaxa was chosen by the public of Cyprus on 7 February 2009 with the song "Firefly" to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.(12 May 2009)Battle of the Eurovision ballads ''BBC News'' She competed in the second semifinal but missed out on the final. She was the spokesperson for Cyprus, giving the island's voting results during the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 final in Oslo. Metaxa graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. One of the oldest cities in New England, it was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitris Metaxas
Dimitris Metaxas is a distinguished professor and the chair of the Computer Science Department at Rutgers University, where he directs the Center for Computational Biomedicine Imaging and Modeling (CBIM). Education Metaxas was educated at the University of Toronto where he was awarded a PhD degree in 1992 under the supervision of Demetri Terzopoulos as part of the Dynamic Graphics Project. He was awarded an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1988. He did his undergraduate studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. Career Metaxas became an assistant professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the VAST Lab. From January 1998 to September 2001 he was a tenured associate professor in the same department. In September 2001, he moved to Rutgers as a professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Metaxa
Doris Metaxa Howard (née Metaxa; 12 June 1911 – 7 September 2007) was a French tennis player of the 1930s. In 1932, she won Wimbledon title in the women's doubles with Belgian Josane Sigart against Elizabeth Ryan Elizabeth Montague Ryan (February 5, 1892 – July 6, 1979) was an American tennis player who was born in Anaheim, California, but lived most of her adult life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 26 Grand Slam titles, 19 in women's doubles and mi ... and Helen Jacobs, one year after a finals defeat with the same partner. Two weeks after this success, she married the British rugby player Peter Dunsmore Howard. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) References External links National Portrait Gallery image of Doris Metaxa and family {{DEFAULTSORT:Metaxa, Doris 1911 births 2007 deaths French female tennis players French people of Greek descent Wimbledon champions (pre-Open Era) Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles 20th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Metaxas
Eric Metaxas (born 1963) is an American author, speaker, and conservative radio host. He has written three biographies, ''Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery'' about William Wilberforce (2007), ''Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy'' about Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011), ''Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World (2017), If You Can Keep it'' (2017)'', Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life'' (2021) and ''Letter to the American Church'' (2022). He has also written humor, children's books and scripts for ''VeggieTales''. Biography Metaxas was born in the New York City neighborhood of Astoria, Queens and grew up in Danbury, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University (1984, B.A., English). While there, he edited the '' Yale Record'', the nation's oldest college humor magazine. Metaxas lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter. He is Greek on his father's side and German on his mother's; he was raise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Metaxa
George-Radu Metaxa (11 September 1899 – 8 December 1950) was a Romanian-born American singer, film & stage actor. He was known for his crooning high baritone voice and often portrayed genteel antagonists. Life and career Metaxa was born in Bucharest, Romania, to Nicholas Metaxa and Emilie Theophilatos. He worked as a civil servant, becoming principle private secretary to the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture before emigrating to London in 1926 to pursue a career in musical comedy. He first began his showbusiness career recording songs, the first being the Romanian folk song "Mandrulita" in 1927. After engaging with Charles B. Cochran, his first stage billing was in John Hastings Turner's 1929 musical revue '' Wake Up and Dream''. Metaxa was then cast in Noël Coward's operetta ''Bitter Sweet''. He continued to record songs in London until 1931, finishing with Ray Noble's " Goodnight Sweetheart" before moving to New York with the ''Bitter Sweet'' touring company. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Metaxas
Ioannis Metaxas (; el, Ιωάννης Μεταξάς; 12th April 187129th January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. He governed constitutionally for the first four months of his tenure, and thereafter as the strongman of the 4th of August Regime following his appointment by King George II. Born to an aristocratic family in Ithaca, Metaxas took part in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the Balkan Wars (1912–13), and quickly rose through the ranks of the Hellenic Army. A Monarchist during the National Schism, Metaxas unsuccessfully opposed Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos and Greece's entry in World War I; thus he was exiled to Corsica in 1917. On his return, Metaxas moved into politics and founded the Freethinkers' Party, but had only limited success under the Second Hellenic Republic. The Greek monarchy was restored in 1935, and Metaxas was appointed Prime Minister in April 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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