Entries by Stamatia Tounta

200 years since the death of Lord Byron, Poet and Philhellene – Event of the SHP / Philhellenism Museum in collaboration with the Numismatic Museum

    The event took place on 25/4/2024 at the emblematic Iliou Melathron building on Panepistimiou Street, in collaboration with the British Embassy, in the presence of the British Ambassador in Athens, Matthew Lodge. The event was attended by Byron College – The International British School and the distinguished British musician Tim Healy, who visited […]

The SHP honours Lord Byron and the day of Philhellenism

    On April 19, 2024, we commemorate the anniversary of the death of Lord Byron in Messolonghi in 1824, and pay tribute to Philhellenism. Greece honours the great romantic poet and the thousands of Philhellenes who offered valuable services, even their lives, for the liberation of Greece. April 17, 2024: Event in Messolonghi in […]

17/4/2024 – Event in Messolonghi to honor Lord Byron

    The event is organized by the Cultural Association “FRIENDS OF LIMNOTHALASSA” in collaboration with the SHP and the Philhellenism Museum, on “His legacy and the imprint of the leading Philhellenic in History and Art”, at the Municipal Gallery of Messolonghi, at 19.00. Vicky Flessa, journalist and classical philologist, talks with Ioannis Chountis de […]

2024 – Year of Lord Byron & Philhellenism

  The collectible charm of 2024, dedicated to Lord Byron. The SHP and the Philhellenism Museum are launching a year dedicated to the great British poet and Philhellene, Lord Byron, who sacrificed himself for his ideas and the freedom of Greece, in April 1824, 200 years ago. The proceeds from the sales of the Philhellenism […]