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Fantastic exhibition happening at the Thessaloniki Museum of Byzantine Culture

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greggd12

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This exhibition is titled "Philhellenisms, 1780-1860" and covers this crucial time period in Greek history during the Byzantine empire. The exhibition will showcase many different mediums of art including important texts from the time. The president of Greece will be attending to open up the exhibition, just showing how important and beautiful it will be to showcasing Greek history. I will be excited to visit soon!

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This looks like a great exhibit to visit! Thank you for sharing - hopefully I can get there while it's still up. This is an important time period in Greek history.
 
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