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Zisis Sotiriou
Zisis Sotiriou ( el, Ζήσης Σωτηρίου) was a Greeks, Greek revolutionary of the Greek War of Independence. Biography He was born in Servia, Greece, Servia of Kozani (regional unit), Kozani in the 1800s, but his family soon moved to Budapest. He was the son of klepht captain Sotiris. He was one of the first Greek Diaspora, Diaspora Greeks who returned to fight for the Greek War of Independence. He fought together with Emmanouel Pappas and his army in many operations in Macedonia (region), Macedonia, as well as in the Peloponnese and in Central Greece. From 1830, he took part in most revolutionary movements in the First Hellenic Republic, Greek state and abroad. He took place in the Second Italian War of Independence on the side of Giuseppe Garibaldi as a volunteer along with Ilias Stekoulis, Spyridon Sasellas, Alexandros Dosios, Nikolaos Makris, Nikolaos Smolenskis and others. He was the author of dozens of revolutionary proclamations, as well as the ''First Proclamat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Servia, Greece
Servia (Greek: Σέρβια, ''Sérvia'') is one of the main towns in the Kozani regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. It is one of the most historical places in the region, with a 6th-century Byzantine castle and the Kamvounia mountain dominating the landscape. There are also a number of 10th century Byzantine cave hermitages and small churches located nearby, which add to the Byzantine atmosphere of the area. Since the local government reform of 2019, it is the seat of the extended municipality of Servia. From 2011 to 2019, the town was the seat of the Municipality of Servia-Velventos. The town itself has a population of 3,540 people (2011 census). Hellenic Statistical Authority (in Greek) The municipal unit Servia has an area of 400.116 km2, the community (the town prope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Diaspora
The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia ( el, Ομογένεια, Omogéneia), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus (excluding Northern Cyprus). Such places historically include Albania, North Macedonia, parts of the Balkans, southern Russia, Ukraine, Asia Minor, the region of Pontus, Eastern Anatolia, Georgia, the South Caucasus, Egypt, southern Italy, and Cargèse in Corsica. The term also refers to communities established by Greek migration outside of these traditional areas; such as in Australia, Canada and the United States. Overview The Greek diaspora is one of the oldest diasporas in the world, with an attested presence from Homeric times to the present. Examples of its influence range from the role played by Greek expatriates in the emergence of the Renaissance, through liberation and nationalist movements involved in the fall of the Ottoman Empire, to commercial developments such as the commissioning of the world's first supertankers by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Uncertain
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in Earth's orbit, its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar climate, subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring (season), spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropics, tropical and subtropics, subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the tropics#Seasons and climate, seasonal tropics, the annual wet season, wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleftherotypia
''Eleftherotypia'' ( el, Ελευθεροτυπία, lit=freedom of the press) was a daily national newspaper published in Athens, Greece. Published since 21 July 1975, it was the first newspaper to appear after the fall of the Regime of the Colonels, and for most of its period had been one of the two most widely circulated newspapers in the country. Generally taking a center-left, socialist stance, it was highly respected for its independence and impartiality. Following the economic downturn in Greece, the newspaper had to file for bankruptcy in 2011. Briefly taken over by a new publisher, lawyer Harris Oikonomopoulos, it was finally shut down in November 2014. Profile From the beginning, ''Eleftherotypia'' had been an opposition voice against the governments of the conservative Nea Demokratia party. Editors often adopted a social-democratic stance on a number of issues, but more radical viewpoints are also frequently represented in the paper, to a notably greater extent than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum ( el, Μουσείο Ακρόπολης, ''Mouseio Akropolis'') is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. It also lies over the ruins of part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens. The museum was founded in 2003 while the Organization of the Museum was established in 2008. It opened to the public on 20 June 2009. More than 4,250 objects are exhibited over an area of 14,000 square metres. History The first museum was on the Acropolis; it was completed in 1874 and underwent a moderate expansion in the 1950s. However, successive excavations on the Acropolis uncovered many new artifacts which significantly exceeded its original capacity. An additional motivation for the construction of a new museum was that in the past, when Greece made requests for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Smolenskis
Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English form is Nicholas. In the bible, this is the name of a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the church at Jerusalem. People with first name Nikolaos In sports: * Nikolaos Andreadakis, Greek athlete * Nikolaos Andriakopoulos, Greek gymnast * Nikolaos Balanos, Greek architect * Nikolaos Dorakis, Greek shooter * Nikolaos Georgantas (1880-1958), Greek athlete * Nikolaos Georgeas, former Greek football player who last played for AEK Athens FC * Nikolaos Giantsopoulos (born 1994), Canadian soccer player * Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Greek gold-medal winner who lit the Olympic torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics * Nikolaos Levidis, Greek shooter * Nikolaos Lyberopoulos (b. 1975), Greek football player * Niko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolaos Makris
Nikolaos Makris ( el, Νικόλαος Μακρής, 1829–1911) was a Hellenic Army General and politician. Nikolaos Makris was born in Missolonghi in 1829. He was the son of Dimitrios Makris, a military leader during the Greek War of Independence of 1821. He entered the Hellenic Army and was sent to France for training. After his return, he served in various command and staff positions, and eventually commanded the Athens police and became head of the Hellenic Gendarmerie. He participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 as commander of the 1st Infantry Division. After the war, he left the army with the rank of Major General. He was elected MP for his native prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania several times. References *''The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (Main page Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. articles in English English usually refers to: * English language * English peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandros Dosios
Alexandros may refer to: *Alexandros, a Greek name, the origin for the English name Alexander * Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great * Alexandros, Greece, a village on the island of Lefkada *Alexandros (band) , stylized as lexandros'' is a Japanese rock band, signed to RX-Records and managed by UK Project. On March 28, 2014, the band renamed to lexandrosfrom hampagneon request from Bureau du Champagne, Japan. On November 28, 2014, it was announc ..., a Japanese rock band See also * * Alexander (other) * Alexandro {{disambiguation Greek masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spyridon Sasellas
Spyridon ( grc, Σπυρίδων; ell, Σπυρίδωνας) is a Greek male given name. It is often shortened to Σπύρος (''Spyros''), often Anglicised as Spyridon, Spyro or Spiro. Individuals bearing this name include: *Saint Spyridon, Orthodox/Catholic saint :*Saint Spyridon Church, Romanian Orthodox church in Iași, Romania :*St Spyridon College, Greek Orthodox school in Sydney *Archbishop Spyridon of Athens, former archbishop of Athens * Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon *Spyridon Belokas (1877–unknown), Greek runner *Spyros Christopoulos, Greek footballer *Spyridon Gianniotis, freestyle swimmer *Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer * Spyros Kokotos, Greek architect *Spyros Kyprianou, 2nd President of the Republic of Cyprus * Spyridon Lambros, Greek history professor and former Prime Minister of Greece *Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and football coach * Spyridon Louis, gold medalist of the first mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilias Stekoulis
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Ilias may refer to: * the ''Iliad'', an ancient Greek epos * Ilias (name), a personal name (including a list of people with the name) * ILIAS, a web-based learning management system * 6604 Ilias, an asteroid See also * Profitis Ilias (other) * Agios Ilias (other) * Ilijaš, a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Ilyas (other) * Elias * Illas, a municipality in Spain * Ilya (other) Ilya is a given name. Ilya or ILYA may also refer to: * 2968 Iliya, an asteroid *Ilya, Belarus, a village *Ilya (band), from Bristol, England *ILYA, British comics artist *"Ilya", a song by Martina Topley-Bird from her 2003 album ''Quixotic'' See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot, revolutionary and republican. He contributed to Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered one of the greatest generals of modern times and one of Italy's " fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini. Garibaldi is also known as the "''Hero of the Two Worlds''" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe. Garibaldi was a follower of the Italian nationalist Mazzini and embraced the republican nationalism of the Young Italy movement. He became a supporter of Italian unification under a democratic republican government. However, breaking with Mazzini, he pragmatically allied himself with the monarchist Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Greece
Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central Greece, but the equivalent Greek term (Κεντρική Ελλάδα, ''Kentrikí Elláda'') is more rarely used. It includes the southern part of the Greek mainland (sans the Peloponnese), as well as the offshore island of Euboea. Since 1987, its territory has been divided among the administrative regions of Central Greece and Attica, and the regional unit (former prefecture) of Aetolia-Acarnania in the administrative region of Western Greece. Etymology The region has traditionally been known as ''Roúmeli'' (Ρούμελη), a name deriving from the Turkish word '' Rūm-eli'', meaning "the land of the Rūm he Romans, i.e. the Byzantine Greeks">Byzantine_Greeks.html" ;"title="he Romans, i.e. the Byzantine Greeks">he Romans, i.e. the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
