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130 ARTWORKS | 465 EVENTS |
30 SPACES | 17 KINDS OF ART |
192 GREEK CREATORS |
137 INTERNATIONAL CREATORS |
30 COUNTRIES | 1 CITY - ELEFSINA
Clockwise from left: Elefsina, 4th of February this year in the city’s coastal area. To this end, the city has seen many changes:
Cine Eleusis, MYSTERY 59 URTOPIAS Drawing inspiration from the city of Elefsina itself, Important buildings and industrial monuments
Academy of Choreography its history, as well as the contemporary challenges have been renovated or reactivated as cultural spaces,
that govern it, throughout 2023, a total of 465 while the city’s public spaces are also playing an
productions and the works of 192 Greek and important role in the 2023 Elefsina program, with
137 International Creators will be hosted and the seafront being transformed into an open-air stage,
showcased in 30 indoor, outdoor and public space the city’s squares hosting visual and artistic events,
venues throughout the city. Based on highlighting the inactive train lines coming to life through a
Elefsina’s Tangible and Intangible Heritage, that is, multitude of imaginative activities and the forecourt
building a new cultural identity for the city, new of Eleourgiki hosting symposiums.
institutions, infrastructures and projects will be Ultimately, using culture and art as a vehicle, the
introduced along with strengthening and expanding city of Elefsina - and Greece as a whole – will emerge
existing ones, to ensure the cultural continuity and as a source of social development, innovation and
uniqueness of Elefsina as a historical landmark of collectivity ultimately creating a source of sustainable @JOHN STATHIS,
both ancient and modern Greek history. legacy.
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