Tag: Greece

Territorial variations. – On June 27, 1946, the Italian islands of the Aegean were assigned to Greece; the decision became enforceable on September 15, 1947. The islands were incorporated into the kingdom on March 7, 1948, and divided into four provinces: Rhodes, Calino, Karpathos and Kos. Population. – A census held in 1940 found, on […]

In Corinth excavations continued, especially of the buildings around the agora: the south portico with a double row of tabernas, ending towards the west in small but interesting Roman baths; at the center of the agora the row of Roman shops that divide the square into two terraces with a marble staircase for communication. The bema was found […]

Excavations and discoveries. – Numerous excavations promoted in the years preceding the Second World War by various foreign archaeological schools and by Greek archaeologists, and which are slowly recovering in the main centers even in the current difficult conditions, have largely expanded the historical framework of Greek civilization with the rich series of monuments brought […]