Omolio Folk-Agricultural Showroom Marinos Antipas
Omolio Folk-Agricultural Showroom Marinos Antipas
Omolio is a historical settlement of the Municipality of Agia surrounded by great natural beauty. Located in a central location, 40 km from the capital of the Larissa regional administration, just three kilometers from the Athens-Thessaloniki national road and at a minimum distance from the sea. According to Homer, the city participated in the Amphictyony of Delphi, while the mint of Ancient Omoli was one of the greatest in central Greece. The ruins of this ancient city and citadel still remain close to current Omolio.
Conditions brought the village back close to major historical events. This is the soil in which Marinos Antipas is buried, one of the most important figures of Greece in the fight to defend civil liberties. When Antipas came to Thessaly, where he took over as caretaker of the property of his uncle, he changed social conditions in the region. Although he was in a position of strength, he deleted agricultural debts, applied Sunday as a day off and set the remuneration of tenant farmers based on 75% of production (instead of 25% as was up to then in force). His murder was the natural consequence in a place dominated by lthe andowners of the time.
Μαρίνος Αντύπας / Marinos Antypas
Nowadays, the local community commemorates him, recognizing his contribution to changing social conditions, both in the region and across the country. It built a modest monument erected in Omolio where events are held every year in memory of the great fighter. At the same time, it gave his name to the small museum built in the village: Omolio Folk-Agricultural Showroom Marino Antipas, housed in the former Community chambers, located in the village square.
Today, the exhibition presents the tools used by the people for whom Antipas fought. Inaugurated on 18 March 2007 to mark the 100th anniversary of his death (murdered in 1907 in Pirgetos). Premechanical agricultural and foraging tools are hosted in the exhibition venue. Visitors can also admire tools of traditional occupations (fishermen, shoemakers, weavers, etc.) and objects from daily life of local people: handicrafts, embroidery and textiles, utilitarian household items (sofras (low tables), pots, pinakoti (bread levening boards)), local costumes, traditional clothing, woodwork items, postcards and engravings, coins, antique furniture, and a local bisiki (cot).
The collection includes artifacts that may be considered historical documents: a local’s military diary, which describes in detail the experience of the war in Asia Minor, but also photographs of social events and the occupations of the inhabitants. The showroom has a conference hall that holds 50-60 people.
Λαογραφικό-Γεωργικό Εκθετήριο Ομολίου Μαρίνος Αντύπας
Places like the Omolio Folk-Agricultural Showroom Marinos Antipas, although exhibiting objects from earlier times, alsoshow that traditional culture is not a static body of evidence that survives only in a museum. Because on the one hand, tools and materials actually bear witness to the immutable characteristics of an era (available resources, raw materials), however, they also reveal the basic principles of human creativity that lead to evolution. The name of the exhibition reminds us, at the same time, that this creativity should always be developed with concepts such as respecting the principles of human law and social justice.
Music and theatrical performances of high aesthetics and quality at the 3rd Summer Festival of the Municipality of Thessaloniki
With 21 musical and 8 theatrical performances of high aesthetic and quality, the 3rd Summer Festival of the Municipality of Thessaloniki welcomes the audience, which will last until 8 September, offering young and old a festive mood during the summer days. "I am glad that our vision for the Summer Festival is becoming more and more meaningful every year, evolving into a cultural institution that supports young and local artists and at the same time provides the city with performances of high aesthetics and quality", said the Mayor of Thessaloniki Konstantinos Zervas, during the presentation of ...More
For the 6th year from the of court of the old Municipal Hospital, the journey of the Municipal mobile Cinema in the neighborhoods of Patras
The "journey" of the Municipal Cinema in the neighborhoods of Patras starts for the 6th consecutive year at 9.30 on Tuesday evening, June 14, in the atrium of the old Municipal Hospital, with the screening of the film "Lunana: a yak in the class room", directed by Pau Choning Dorhi. After going through forty waves to be accepted by the jury, the film "knocked on the door" of the Oscars in 2022, as it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and came in 5th place. Through his lens, Dorhi tells the story of a young ...More
Robert A. McCabe : A postcard from Kasos 1965. PATAKIS Publishers
TEXT Nikos G. Mastropavlos RESEARCH Marilen Frangoulis Kedros On Wednesday June 8th at 7:30 pm at the Gennadius Library Gardens the creators of the book discuss with journalists Margarita Pournara and Katerina Lymperopoulou Gennadius Library Gardens 61 Souidias Sreet, Kolonaki – Athens A few words about the book: Robert A. McCabe took his first photographs in 1939, at the age of five. During a trip to Europe in 1954, he took the first of his many iconic photographs of Greece. A visit to Kassos in 1965 was the reason for the largest number of photographs in this book. ...More
World Environment Day in Agia municipality
A really cool getaway took place in the context of World Environment Day on Sunday 5 June in the Calypso Canyon by the Municipality of Agia. The participants walked along the green paths of Kissavos over the Red Water and refreshed themselves in one of the 7 lakes that form from the waterfalls of the canyon, with the endless blue of the sea. It is worth noting that this destination was chosen on this day by other groups of walkers from various regions of Greece.
The redevelopment of Varvakeios market by the Municipality of Athens has been completed
Municipality of Athens: we are opening a new chapter in the life of Varvakeion - K. Bakoyannis: "Athens' emblematic market is ready to write its modern history" Athens' historic market, which has adorned the city for 136 years and has been inextricably linked to its culture, daily life and history, has undergone a radical change of appearance. The emblematic district market, home to hundreds of traders for decades, is being upgraded for the first time in 20 years, with new modern infrastructure that will allow it to maintain its leading role in the economic life of ...More
Days of Smyrna – 100 Years”: the 100th Anniversary Concert of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for the 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe with a major commemorative concert on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 21.00 at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. It will be a "musical journey" from the beautiful days of Smyrna to the mourning of the Asia Minor disaster that followed. The performers are Kostas Makedonas and Georgia Dagaki. The musical vocal ensembles of the cultural association "Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos of Thessaloniki" with its children's and mixed youth choir participate and are accompanied by a 12-piece folk orchestra, under the direction of the music ...More
Leave A Comment