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Video by Greg Peter Patrikios. 

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What do you most associate with the Ionian Islands?

Corfu/Kerkyra island

Ioniac colums

Democritus (philosopher)

Venetian influence

Ionian sea

Called Heptanese, because there are seven main islands

Ithaca (Odysseus' home in Homer's works)

Navagio Beach

Sea Caves

It wasn't under the Ottoman Empire occupation

Ionian Cuisine (Sofrito, Pastitsada, Bourdeto, etc)

Other (share in the tags!)

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The Ionian Islands (Corfu, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxi, Zakynthos) are historically linked to Italian rule (well, Venetian, to be precise), and there was a brief moment when the British controlled them (calling them the United States of the Ionian Islands, but really they were a British protectorate, and most of the Britons’ interest was in outdoing the French) but situated as they are all cozied up to Greece, it makes sense for them to become part of Greece (much like most of the Aegean Islands), which they did in 1864 after throwing off the British.  The islands were, not surprisingly, occupied by the Italians and then the Germans during WWII, but they are now firmly Greek (with a bit of afternoon tea and cricket thrown in there from those 19th Century British days).

Stamp details: Stamp on top: Issued on: June 15, 1859 From: Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands MC #2

Middle and bottom left and middle: Issued in: 1941 From: Italian Occupation Zone Unificato #GE S4, AR 47, CO 15, ZN 2

Bottom right: Issued on: October 22, 1943 From: German Occupation Zone Unificato #ZN 4

Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: No Claimed by: Hellenic Republic Member of the Universal Postal Union: No

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(unmute) Blue Beach in Paxi island. We don't talk enough about coastal Greece in cold season...

Video by Armand Dervishaj.

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Kýthira, Greece by mash_too_rah on Instagram.

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Newly exhibited photos from the project Ένδυμα Ψυχής - Raiment of the Soul,  collaboration of photographer Vangelis Kyris and Bulgarian embroidery artist Anatoli Georgiev who present Greek traditional costumes, which are exhibits of the National Historical Museum of Greece. The exhibition is currently hosted in the Acropolis Museum, until March.

Attire of King Otto of Greece, 19th century.

Dress from Nisyros island, 19th century.

Dress from Zakynthos (Zante) island, 18th century.

Attire of Dimitris Mavromichalis, aide-de-camp of King Otto.

Attire of Stavros Tournikiotis, 19th century.

Urban dress of Old Athens, 18th century.

Dress from Zagori, 19th century.

Urban attire, 19th century.

See more photos of the project  x, x, x and x. 

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Assos, Cephalonia island, Greece by martynkli on Instagram.

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Ithaca island, Greece ||  panpapaioannou (IG) for the Travel Reimagined project in 2023