Sur les sentiers mythiques de la Grèce : Acropole, Météores & Cyclades | Trésors du Patrimoine

Sur les sentiers mythiques de la Grèce : Acropole, Météores & Cyclades | Trésors du Patrimoine

You got it.
Evzone? And Acropolis rhymes with Greece. And they believe that Atlantis,
if it ever existed, could be located here, in this caldera. It took a lot
of courage to go up. It was very risky,
but above all, it was faith that was needed to
face this ordeal. Obviously, it was unimaginable
that a statue like Christ could still be found underground,
which is completely improbable. Let the region of Sparta
be called Laconia. Anything laconic or spartan,
in fact, is very stripped down. I come here every year to thank
the Virgin for helping us. I know that. Fire is sacred to us,
but with the help of icons we pass through the fire. We are in Greece, and particularly
in Athens, with this magnificent view behind me of the Acropolis,
Greece which is the theme of this new episode of the Grand Tour. I invite you to experience with me
an exciting journey to the heart of one of the cradles of our civilization. So I will take you from Athens
to Santorini, passing through Thessaloniki, Delphi, the Corinth Canal,
Sparta, Crete. We will return to the Cyclades. A magnificent journey in the footsteps
of the ancient world, with its magical places, its heroes, its legends. And we begin this
show in northern Greece. We are going to a monastery,
the monastery of Varlaam. It is a monastery that is
located between heaven and earth. Varlaam is part of a group
of monasteries called Meteora. In Greek, meteors
means suspended in the air. These impressive monasteries are the
symbol of the Orthodox religion in Greece. This is where
monks decided to settle from the 14th century. Legend has it that in the very beginning,
the first monks lived in these caves, at the foot of the rocks. But to escape the invader
and the bandits, the religious will take refuge at the summit.
How did they get there? The mystery remains. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that a
staircase was dug into the rock. Previously, the dizzying ascent
was made in a net suspended from a beam. A climb of more than half an hour
to overcome the 70 meters of void. Father Benedictus is one of the seven
monks who live at Varlaam Monastery. When he entered here,
he was only 18 years old. And then I freaked out. But I’ll tell you
an anecdote about this net. In the 18th century, a despot
wanted to ascend to the monastery. He asked his father to
kindly lift him up. He asked them this question: Father, how
many times do you change this rope? When I was little. And they answered in the
simplest way possible. Every time the rope
breaks by itself. Dear despot. That you are innocent. So the despot ran away as fast as he could. It took a lot of courage
to go up, it was very risky. But above all, it is faith that is
essential to face this ordeal. And this applies to a simple pilgrim
as well as to a monastery father. Today, that time is over. Now, only
food supplies are still entitled to this treatment. Typekit. When the fathers descended or ascended,
they had first prayed before the icon of Christ seen here. That’s how it is. He gave thanks for having ascended safely
with the help of God’s grace and blessing. Either in sight. For almost five centuries. The ritual is immutable. The monks wake up
around 4 a.m. To the snow that awakens great suffering and consoles it. Their life is punctuated by
three daily masses. They spend an average of 6 hours
a day in this church. Moreover, thanks to the Cochonou processor. Their free time is devoted
to meditation, reading in the convent library and gardening. Life at the top of Meteora
is synonymous with isolation. The monks learned to live self-sufficiently. Today,
they use cisterns to obtain water. But just 30 years ago,
they were still drinking rainwater stored in its oak barrels. Today, the presence of water
seems obvious to us on the rock. But at the time,
it required a remarkable effort to store water and use it. Which it is not. Nowadays we use
a multitude of modern means. But it’s still tiring to live
here because we’re on a rock. It is not a flat place. Varlaam Monastery
was built in 1542. Everything on this rock recalls the past life
of the fathers, sacrifice and labor. Kemalist. It was crazy! The church was built in just 20 days
, while it took the monks 22 years to bring
the materials here. Photos and other things, it’s not. The work lasted 20 days
because at the time, under Turkish occupation, the construction
of temples like this was prohibited. Photo logo. That is why, finally,
when the monks obtained permission to build and since they had already
gathered the materials, they hurried and tried to
build this temple in a very short time. The frescoes painted in the aftermath are
partly the work of one of the most famous icon painters of the 16th century
in Greece, Franco Castellano. His style stands out from
traditional Byzantine art. More realistic, it is inspired by
Italian Renaissance painting. And as always in the
Orthodox religion, the icons are in majesty on the walls of Varlam. Vima We are in the sanctuary. Or. Mary is represented
in the all-gold niche. It is the most majestic of skies. It is one of the most beautiful
and characteristic frescoes of Frangos Castellanos. Mary, represented in the center of the niche
because she symbolizes the unification of heaven and earth. It constitutes an intermediary. She is the one who establishes requests
to heaven and fulfills the wishes of humans in Anthropos. Animate The man heals the bones. If she were cured. We wouldn’t do any. Wrong to the monastery. I have already spent 20 years
of my life in this monastery. To know about it. Really. We
never tire of these frescoes. They have a certain imminence. And. We have the impression that the saints
represented are always ready to speak to us. We see these frescoes every
day and we never forget to appreciate them. In all this energy of. Return to Athens. It was under Pericles,
in the 5th century BC, that Athens experienced its golden age. Pericles is the architect
of Athenian splendor. He is the one who will promote democracy. With him, the city will
change completely. When he came to power,
he created the Acropolis, a group of monuments
of which the Parthenon is the most famous. Parthenon means the home of Athena
Athena, goddess of war and wisdom and protector of the city. This is where his
statue and the offerings of the faithful were kept. The building then measured 70 meters
long and 30 meters wide. At the time, pediments and frescoes
were painted in bright colors. Part of the sculpted decoration of the Parthenon
is now preserved in the new Acropolis Museum. This frieze is almost 2,500 years old. It is the work of the sculptor Phidias and
it entirely decorated the Parthenon. So she tells of the great
Panathenaea, the Panathenaea. It was the most important religious festival
in Athens, because it celebrated the goddess Athena and Athena. She was the protector of the city. And every four years, this celebration
took on an exceptional character. Hence its name The Great Panathenaea. It is a fresco that you see,
which measures 160 meters long. 360 characters are sculpted there. There are hundreds of animals there,
horses, oxen. And it is entirely reconstructed
both from blocks found here on the Acropolis and preserved here in Greece. And then casts that come from
the British Museum and the Louvre. Throughout the procession,
we find horsemen, young people leading
animals to sacrifice. Musicians. Old men holding
olive branches. Seated gods talking to each other. Offering bearers. All the actors of religious life
of the time are in fact represented. The culmination of this ceremony
is this scene which also completes the frieze and which took place on
the last day of the Panathenaea. This is the delivery of the Peplos. So the Peplos, well,
it’s a finely embroidered garment that came to cover the statue
of the goddess Athena and a wooden statue. And here we probably see a priest. In any case, an important person
at that time gave this garment to a very lightly dressed young girl. And next to it you have Athena sitting. You know that the goddesses or gods
were very very tall, much taller than men. And to put them at the height of a
man on these friezes, well, he was often represented seated. Day and night, the Acropolis
remains the favorite setting of Athenians. Few places can boast
such a breathtaking view as the oldest open-air cinema in the country. It was built in 1935. When people call me before
the screening to ask if the film is good. I answer that in any case,
if they don’t like it, they can always daydream while looking at the Acropolis.
the Acropolis. It’s 4:30 in the morning. Athens is still asleep, but the
central market is beginning to come alive. It is here, in the state-owned market halls,
that traders and the last night owls meet. They come to erase the scars of a
restless night by swallowing a strange magic potion. The Apèro restaurant has
made it its specialty. Rania Karakatsanis has been running it
for about ten years. Oh ! There there ! This is the pizza soup
that is ready to serve. None of that.
It’s the stomach, It’s the stomach of the ox. It looks like a cover
so it can be cut. After that, it’s the Pasha. The Pasha has just been boiled.
6 a.m. 7 hours have passed. Since then, the older generation has been
eating it in whole pieces. The younger generation,
as they don’t know the taste very well, and they especially want to see it
the first time, They prefer it to be very small
pieces and like that, they will swallow it more easily, Swallow it. In his cafe. With milk. At this time of day, you can see young people
who have been partying and drinking a lot. Because first of all, tripe soup
and beef foot are very good for the stomach. Afterwards, he puts a seal around
the stomach, so that after they go to sleep, they won’t wake up with
headaches or stomach aches. It’s like taking medicine without
being prescribed by a pharmacist. Oh !
Kreli applauds Columba. Very quickly, the atmosphere of Les Halles
spread to the rest of the city. In France. Only the monuments seem to resist
the hustle and bustle of the Greek capital. Greece has one of the
most important heritages in the world. These archaeological sites
number in the thousands. The French have played a leading role
in the rediscovery and preservation of this heritage. In 1846, he created the
French School of Athens. She will be one of the pioneers
of archaeological exploration in Greece. At that time, excavations
often turned into adventure novels. The whole early 19th century
was a time of exploration in very difficult conditions. We have accounts of these young
classical literature graduates, young philologists who find themselves
on horseback and traveling through regions where security is
not yet assured. These are regions of bandits. These are regions that are difficult to access
and which, day after day, with historians
and geographers in hand, will try to find these ancient cities. Thanks to the findings of these researchers. A map of
ancient Greece is finally taking shape. The French are taking the first steps
on the various sites they have located, the most emblematic being Delphi. During the excavations at Delphi, hundreds of workers
used a small railway to remove
thousands of cubic metres of stones and earth. Year after year,
the different terraces of the sanctuary of Apollo reappear. Statues resurface. That of Antinous. Or that of Plato, for example. Obviously, it was unimaginable
that a statue like The Charioteer could still be found underground,
which is completely improbable. It was unimaginable that pieces of the
temple pediments or the treasure friezes were still accessible. and all of this, obviously,
created a considerable shock. When we examine the history
of archaeology, we see that between 1860 and 1914, all the major sites in
Greece were explored on a large scale. By the time of the First World War,
Greece had recovered a significant portion of its heritage. And. It is precisely to Delphi
that I am taking you now. DELF, its theater, its stadium,
its temples and its treasures. So many vestiges which bear witness
to the artistic and architectural richness of this site. Delphi has always aroused great
interest among archaeologists and historians. The Greeks made it one of the
cornerstones of their civilization. Indeed, for them, Delphi was
the center, the navel of the world. There are many legends about this
, and the most commonly shared one is the one that features Zeus. At that time,
the Greeks thought that the earth was flat and round and to
determine its center. Well, Zeus would have sent
two eagles to its two opposite ends. And it is the meeting of their trajectories
which would have taken place here in Delphi, and which would have given the image of this
center and this navel of the world. Delphi was an extremely
wealthy place and it owed this fortune to the activity of a sanctuary,
a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo, which is a little higher up. In ancient times, the sanctuary
of Apollo attracted huge crowds. From all over Greece,
people come to question his oracle. The prophecy is spoken through
the mouth of a woman, the Pythia. Mounted on a tripod,
she enters into a trance under the influence of a sacred drink and toxic fumes. It is here, near the sanctuary,
that I have an appointment with the philosopher Eliette Abécassis. Six years as a writer and philosopher. What does this
character of the Pythia inspire in you? This character of the Pythia fascinates me
because Greek society was a society where women really played
a minority role. They were submissive to their husband,
their father, their brother. They couldn’t even go out alone. They had to be accompanied. So there, all of a sudden,
everyone comes to listen to a woman’s words and she is
respected and she is heard. And it is she who expresses
the word of the god of Apollo. So we religiously give her back
the role that she does not have politically. And this role is essential since
politicians come to hear the words of the Pythia to make decisions about
war, decisions about the city. Or families also come
to hear decisions about their daily lives. Even philosophers listened
attentively to the predictions of this priestess. In one of his works,
Plato also recounts that the oracle was consulted about Socrates. The Pythia is said to have replied that there was
no man wiser, more just, more sensible than him. Socrates, Plato. What’s so
modern about them today? Socrates and Plato showed us
the importance of dialogue. Plato wrote most of his
texts in the form of dialogue. For him, it was through exchange
with others and also through irony. Socrates was the master of irony. Socratic irony
is the act of pretending to adopt the point of view of one’s interlocutor in order to
put him in contradiction with himself. And that’s why Socrates was called
the torpedo, because he was terrible. He was so logical that the other
found himself stunned by his relentless method. In fact, he invented his method because
his mother was a midwife and he said that she delivered bodies. And he wanted to give
birth to spirits. So the virtue of dialogue
is very important because it is through dialogue that we can fight
against dogma and the truth asserted as something absolute. Dialogue shows us that truth is
always a search, a quest and above all is the fruit of communication. The truth comes through the assembly
of minds who will exchange among themselves. And so the truth is multiple, it is
complex, it is always in between. To better understand the ancient world,
it is essential to discover one region, the Peloponnese. Heading towards the Corinth Canal. By. The Corinth Canal connects
the Aegean Sea to the Ionian Sea. It is almost six kilometers
long and 25 meters wide. The earth appears to have been cut
with a razor to a depth of 80 meters. Before this canal was dug,
there was a paved road in ancient times that connected the two seas
and on which boats were transported on carts. Can you imagine the
considerable work that this required? This voice was called the D’iolcos. And then, in 67 AD, Nero,
the Roman emperor who occupied Greece, decided to have this canal dug. So the work began. They quickly stopped and it was not until the
19th century that French engineers finalized this project. Today, this canal
separates mainland Greece from the Peloponnese,
the Peloponnese where we are going. The Peloponnese is where
the Olympic Games were born. They were born in a sanctuary
called Olympia. The whole of ancient Greece was called together for this event, which was at once sporting,
political and religious. When the time of the Messenger Games approached
, the Theores traveled throughout Greece to
proclaim the sacred truce. All wars were then
suspended so that everyone could take part in the game. This is an important place in Olympia,
because it is both the beginning and the end of the Olympic Games.
The beginning. Because a few meters from here
stood a statue of Zeus, the king of the gods, before which
the athletes took their oath. And then, here, on this temple,
well, it was the place of rewards. And the supreme reward, well,
it was the crown, not of laurels, but of wild olives. And then a red ribbon that was
put around the winner’s head. And after taking the oath, well,
the athletes were getting ready to go to the stadium. Famous today for the
sporting competitions that took place there, Olympia was above all
a sanctuary for the ancients. The Games were only one aspect
of the worship of Zeus. In the sacred enclosure of Olympia. Imposing temples
and monuments stand side by side. All around are sports buildings,
stadiums, gymnasiums, training centers and accommodation for athletes. After preparing themselves,
that is to say undressing, covering their bodies with olive oil
and fine sand to protect their skin from the sun,
the athletes presented themselves in this corridor which was entirely covered
and went directly to the stadium. Originally, running was
the only event in the competition. But over the years,
other specialties were added: wrestling, boxing, long jump , javelin throwing, and discus throwing. Different types of running. Horse racing is even held there. This stadium could accommodate 40
people, all men. Women were banned
because the athletes appeared naked. Here, in this stadium, these games
have been held here for over 1000 years. It’s very moving to
find yourself at the center of this track. They were banned in 393
AD by a Roman emperor, Theodosius, and in 1896, it was a Frenchman,
Pierre de Coubertin, who revived them. With the Olympic Games over,
the city-state quarrels began again with renewed vigor. For centuries, the Peloponnese
was the scene of legendary battles. The city that will symbolize these
clashes is Sparta. Its victory over Athens during the
Peloponnesian Wars made Sparta one of the most
powerful cities in ancient Greece. Today, almost nothing remains
of the ancient city, just the ruins of an acropolis and its ancient theater. And for good reason. The Spartans did not attach
the same importance. Maybe the Athenians at the monuments. Their buildings were built
on a brick base, and there was very little marble. So, in fact, they didn’t
spend a lot on their buildings. What is true for architecture is
also true for the Spartan mentality in all areas. In Sparta we don’t really have any
writers, poets, tragic writers,
comic writers, or actors. There are no historians who
wrote the history of Sparta. It is only known through Athenians.
Actually. At that time, the historian Thucydides had
a premonition about Sparta: If one day, he said,
the city were devastated and only the foundations remained,
posterity would find it hard to believe that its power had lived up to its fame. The region of Sparta is called Laconia. Everything that is laconic or spartan,
in fact, is very stripped down and reduced to the essentials. When you ask a Spartan
how many Spartan enemies there are? Answer, we don’t ask you
How many enemies are there? You are asked where the enemy is. And it is always these very
brief sentences that characterize the laconic style. In Sparta, we go straight
to the point, we go straight to the enemy. The one who best embodies
the strength, courage and heroism of this city through the centuries
is King Leonidas. He is famous for his fight
to the death against the Persians. In ancient Sparta, the
ideal citizen was necessarily a warrior. Everything contributes to it. Nothing is left to chance. The women who are to give birth
to future fighters are selected, according to legend. A council of elders
decides the fate of the children. The most vulnerable will be abandoned in front of
this icy chasm in the middle of the mountains. On the other hand, those deemed fit
for combat will be raised the hard way, selected from the age of seven. These young warriors will be subjected
to rigid discipline and intensive training. The young Spartans were practically
left to their own devices, had no clothes,
only a cloak, had to wash in the Eurotas
or other rivers, and had for beds only people
or reeds that they could pull out with their own hands. And it was all connected. Of course, during the day, there were
running activities, combat training
which were sometimes very violent. There was an island in the center of the river
and at the age of adolescence, around thirteen or fourteen,
the young Spartans would gather into two teams. Access the island via the two bridges,
line up in a practically military fashion in two phalanxes in two ranks,
facing each other. And the goal of the game was to push
the other team into the water. So when I talk about the game,
it was a pretty violent game because all blows were allowed,
punches, kicks, knees, elbows and also,
we had the right to bite and of course to rip out eyes. Sparta has marked history above all by its
particular political and social model at the head of the city. A small number of citizens
nicknamed the Equals. They are warriors who live
in communities and hold power. They have at their service the helots
of slaves deprived of all civil rights. Sparta was the model of an aristocracy
or oligarchy, oligarchy meaning a small number
of people in power and in all Greek city-states. Aristocrats and oligarchs
admired Sparta. On the other hand, Athens
has always been a democracy. With its brutal policies and
conservatism, Sparta eventually became unanimously opposed. In Greece, lacking alliances,
it is withdrawing into itself. It only took one defeat against
Thebes in 371 BC to finish him off. Since mythological times,
honey has flowed freely in Greece. They were already found on the menu of the
gods’ feasts, and more precisely in their drinks and sacred food,
nectar and ambrosia. According to legend, Pelops, invited to
Olympus, will commit the unforgivable. Under the influence of his father, Tantalus,
he steals nectar and ambrosia. The gods are furious
and banish Pelops. They sent him back to Earth, where he gave
his name to the Peloponnese peninsula. In these hills that are full of flowers. Beekeeping is a thousand-year-old tradition. But in the Rapace family, it
appeared at the end of the 18th century. Generations of beekeepers steeped in
the legends of the Peloponnese are stooping. Sign.
Sign in. End of sentence. As bulls do not marry. Not for you before me, because I’m right and we worked, etc. A hectare that. I chose to call our honey,
nectar and ambrosia, because nectar is the raw material
that the bee uses to make honey and ambrosia. The food of the gods
in mythology would in fact be royal jelly and pollen. Since ancient times,
nectar and ambrosia have been considered elixirs. According to Greek mythology, honey and
royal jelly would grant immortality. Fantasy and mythology. Honey was also reputed
to promote romantic passions. Legend has it that Eros,
the god of love, dipped his arrows in this nectar before aiming at his targets. It is not related to. The history of beekeeping is very
ancient here in the Peloponnese. The ancients had a
deep knowledge of beekeeping. They had discovered the
nutritional value of honey and its derivatives. And this did not escape the attention of the
father of medicine, Hippocrates, who, as early as the 5th century BC,
recommended the consumption of honey to all his patients. It will then be the turn of the philosopher
Aristotle to consider the case of the bee. Fascinated by social life
in beehives, he thus nourished his political thinking. We now head towards
the Greek islands and more specifically the Cyclades. There is no place,
no rock in the Cyclades to which legends have not clung. Mythology tells us that it was Poseidon
who, with a blow of his trident, raised the Cyclades from the foam. We set sail for what
the ancients called the most beautiful island, Santorini. The village of Ischia
is nestled at the top of the island. It is known for its
cave dwellings suspended in the void. Its churches with colorful domes. The evening. It is the scene of a
grandiose natural spectacle. His sunset. In ancient Greece, Santorini did
not have the face it has today. Almost 3500 years ago. Santorini was then a large
circular island dominated by a volcano. After several earthquakes,
it was hit by an immense cataclysm, with volcanic eruptions of
unprecedented violence hitting the island. The volcano’s crater plunges
into the waters and causes a gigantic tidal wave. It would have buried one of the most
brilliant civilizations of the time. Since then, a myth has been
attached to this place. It is that of Atlantis. At the end of his life,
three and a half centuries before our era. The philosopher Plato wrote a text
and in this text he tells the story of the kingdom of the Atlanteans,
a kingdom located on the island of Atlantis,
an island completely ravaged by the waves because of its rulers who had
fallen into corruption and pride. So for some researchers and especially
for writers who have a lot of imagination,
well they see a certain similarity between this story told by Plato
and this site, and they think that Atlantis, provided that it existed, could be
found here, in this caldera. It is clear that when we tell
the story of ancient Greece, we always navigate between myth and reality. On the island of Santorini,
there is a place that I would like to introduce you to: the site of Akrotiri. For nearly half a century,
researchers have been trying to demonstrate that the disappearance of this civilization
is directly linked to the eruption of the Santorini volcano. Among them is the archaeologist Christos Doumas,
with whom we have an appointment. He knows. That.
We see it here. Is visible.
Everywhere. On the coasts of Santorini. It is a material that has now been eroded,
resulting from the volcanic eruption in Tunisia. It is this material that completely
covered the island and which allowed archaeologists to find the site
as well preserved as Anastasie. The discovery of the first
remains of the island is due to the opening of a quarry. Akrotiri was found in a perfect
state of preservation, earning it the nickname of Pompeii of the Aegean Sea. The excavations have uncovered
cobbled streets, squares and entire houses dating back to the
second millennium BC. Typekit.
To come back to. The private dwellings studied
exceed 200 square meters, each one naturally distributed
over two or three levels. These are very large houses. These are real private mansions. On the ground floor were
the workshops, upstairs the accommodation, so the excavations reveal
a flourishing city. Its urban planning is evolving and suggests
that it was at its peak when it was abandoned and then buried. Note the microphone here. As the island is very small,
this wealth could not come from agriculture. Or it is assumed that it is the product
of navigation and trade. Moreover, there is evidence
to support this theory, such as vessels found
at Akrotiri that come from Syria, Palestine, and even Egypt. Most of the houses were decorated
with frescoes, some depicting landscapes and exotic animals
such as monkeys or antelopes. They bear witness to a
civilization open to the world. This one represents
the harvesting of saffron. Women are picking
crocus flowers which, once dried, will produce the famous red gold. The representation of this
expensive and refined spice is not trivial. It would illustrate the wealth
of this ancient people. What happened to the inhabitants
of Akrotiri is a mystery. In the excavations, no human remains
were found, suggesting that they had time to escape
before the final disaster. The volcano never ceased to threaten
Santorini during the 20th century, with three eruptions affecting the archipelago. The last major earthquake occurred
in 1956, causing significant damage. Due to its volcanic origin. The only long-established crop
on the island is the vine. Santorini wines are
renowned for their quality and variety. Parisse Cigala is one of the
most renowned winemakers on the island. In Santorini. Since it rains very little,
if it weren’t for this stone, nothing would grow, not even vines. No plants, nothing. This stone retains moisture
and as it is found in the deepest layers of the soil, in summer
it retains water and thus the vineyard is well irrigated. This is why the leaves
of the vine are green. We see that they are not suffering
despite the season. However, they have just gone through
a long period of drought. When you learn that you didn’t do it. The island’s climatic conditions have
led winegrowers to invent specific techniques over the centuries and generations
. So you see, here,
the old branches are intertwined and form a basket. The higher it is,
the more it is exposed to the wind. To counter this, the vine
must be kept low. Additionally, the branches must be tied
together so that the leaves all open at the same time. Magic. As a result, it very quickly forms
a wall which protects the bunches. And this is how
this vineyard has been cultivated since ancient times. And it is, I believe,
the only place in the world where there is a god dedicated specifically to wine:
Dionysus, an autocracy. Because wine is an
integral part of the Greek spirit. Legend has it that Dionysus was
the only one who could drink pure wine. Men, however, had to be
careful not to fall into excess. They used to mix it with water. Its consumption was
reserved for banquets. Now I’m taking you to Crete. This island also experienced
an exceptional civilization, the Minoan civilization. Some historians believe that it could
be the same people as in Santorini. Crete occupies a unique place
in Greek mythology. Zeus, but also Minos, Ariadne,
Daedalus and Theseus are some of the great names linked to this small piece of
land located at the crossroads of the East, the West and Africa. We arrive at Knossos. The Palace of Knossos is the most
evocative place of the Minoan civilization. In 1900, the site was purchased by a
British archaeologist, Arthur Evans. He then began
large-scale research. It is a set of 30 zero zero
square meters which is brought to light. Based on his findings,
he concluded that he had discovered a previously unknown civilization
whose capital was Knossos during the second millennium BC. The shape and size of the palace,
as well as the bull motifs discovered there, remind
Evan of a myth, that of the Minotaur. According to legend,
King Minos rose to power with the help of Poseidon and as a reward,
Poseidon asked Minos to sacrifice a very beautiful bull to him. But before the beauty of the beast,
Minos disobeys and Poseidon then flies into a mad rage. And to get revenge, he
will make the bull seduce Luiz, Minos’ wife. From this guilty union
will be born the Minotaur. The Minotaur is a monster with
a man’s body and a bull’s head. And Minos will have this Minotaur locked up
in this palace which is a real labyrinth. Built by the architect Daedalus. The Minotaur feeds on fresh flesh,
which is provided by King Minos. And to stop this sacrifice,
Theseus is sent. Theseus arrives here,
enters the labyrinth, kills the monster, and to be able to find
his way back and find his way, he uses the famous Ariadne’s thread. Ariadne, who is none other
than the daughter of King Minos. Convinced that he was dealing
with the civilization corresponding to the legendary king Minos, Evan built
this Minoan civilization. The different wings of the palace were
certainly grouped around a central courtyard onto which
the main quarters opened. Knossos had over 1000 rooms,
apartments, utility rooms, numerous storerooms
and reception halls. The rooms appear juxtaposed,
with no apparent plan. Corridors connect them
to each other like a labyrinth. The most emblematic room of this palace
is undoubtedly this one. It is the throne room. This is where the legendary King
Minos stood, with his advisors and the throne. Here it is.
This is the original. He is surrounded by two griffins. Griffins are monsters with
lion bodies and eagle heads. And it is probably the
oldest throne in Europe. As a side note,
a copy of this throne was offered to the International Tribunal in The Hague. You know that King Minos was
considered a great Lawgiver. So, this room?
Well, it’s off limits to the public. It was rebuilt a
few steps from here. To preserve the place. The excavations also
revealed magnificent frescoes. They are the oldest
evidence of paintings in Greece. These frescoes are reminiscent of
those discovered in Santorini. The resemblance is striking. They reinforce the idea that we are
dealing with the same civilization on both islands. Evan reconstructed them by supplementing
the fragments found during the research with drawings. Many murals
feature landscapes and animals. The dolphin fresco is
characteristic of the Queen’s district. It also reveals valuable
information on the place of women in Minoan civilization. She actually played
a leading role there. We see them participating in
athletic games, but also in large public festivals. Their breasts are bare, a
symbol of fertility. Frescoes are very
characteristic elements of Minoan art. This palace had many of them. They were all deposited for
preservation in the Heraklion Museum. There is a
very interesting representation there. It shows a bull with acrobats. You know that at that time there was
considerable worship of the bull. He was the symbol of strength
and defeating him was a sign of power. So here we see acrobats grabbing
the horns and passing over the beast. It reminds us of scenes
that we still see today at bullfighting festivals in the south of France
or around the Mediterranean, 4,000 years later. From the practice of painting to
bullfighting and theatre, Minoan artistic life
attests to a high cultural level. We have an appointment
on site with Laura from Alina. She knows
the Palace of Knossos very well. For her, the buildings bear witness
to a comfortable and particularly advanced life. In the Minoan period. We have skylights and thanks to these
skylights, the apartments below were
well ventilated and lit. But you know,
if we have the air and the sun passing through, there is something else, it is the rain. We are already talking about
rainwater pipes and not only that. There are water pipes for
drinking water, there is already talk of the famous queen’s toilets with flushing toilets
, bathtubs, all that, it’s already 4000 years old. The Minoans had mainly designed
constructions to resist earthquakes. The columns and beams are made of wood
to give flexibility to the building. In the palace storerooms, Evan
found huge terracotta jars. They were used to store
olive oil or cereals in large quantities. The Minoans were then an
economic power based on trade. Today, opinions differ on the
disappearance of the Minoan civilization. For some, it is the work
of nature and its whims. For others, it is
due to the violence of men. Because Crete
has always been prey to invasions. Less than ten kilometers
from Knossos, Heraklion. In this town there is a building
built by the Venetians which perfectly illustrates the different
occupations that Crete has undergone. The fortress that houses the entrance to the port
of Heraklion, the current capital of Crete, is called the Fortress of Koule. Couler is a word of Turkish origin
which simply means fortress. And by erecting this one,
the Venetians will leave their mark. In fact, when travelers arrived
at this port, they were greeted by the very emblem of the Republic
of Venice, the lion of Saint Mark. It is a lion that has survived through the centuries,
since in 1669, the Ottomans took the city and the lion is still there. Crete was in turn Byzantine,
Arab, then Venetian. From the 13th century, the Serenissima
occupied the island for more than 400 years. This Venetian presence on the island would
allow what was then called Candia to experience a brilliant
cultural renaissance. One of the most talented painters of
his generation attended his art school. This is Domenico Theodoropoulos,
nicknamed El Greco, El Greco and the local child. He was born here in Heraklion in 1541. At the age of 25, he took advantage of the exchanges
with Italy to reach Venice, where he studied in Titian’s studio. But it was from Tintoretto that El
Greco drew his inspiration. He then went to Toledo, Spain,
where his art reached its peak. It was in this country that he
would be called El Greco. We now head
to the west of the island, to Chania. While Heraklion bears witness to
Crete’s Venetian heritage, the city of Chania still bears
traces of the Ottoman occupation. The Turks would take over the island after
a bloody siege that would last more than 20 years. Probably the longest in history. From the 17th century. New architectural codes
will then be put in place in the city. Since it was
in 1645, when the Turks arrived, they transformed the
Catholic monastery into a mosque. It was the central mosque
of the city called Ucarn Sami. The mosque of the notable minaret. They added this minaret which is
a characteristic element of Muslim architecture. The Janissary Mosque is
one of the few other vestiges of this Islamic architecture. Its minaret. He did not survive. In time. When the Turks arrived in Crete, they
brought their way of life with them. They built hammams, three
or four of which still exist in the town. And even though the years have passed,
today we still find Ottoman-style architectural elements, such as the
characteristic wooden closed balconies. These balconies were useful because they
significantly enlarged the surface area of ​​the house. And the Ottomans needed more
space to accommodate their harem and to meet the demands
of their lifestyle. But
in reality, the two populations spoke the same language, shared the same
customs, the same dances, the same songs, the same clothes. The only difference was
the color of the headgear. Black for Christians and white
or colored for Ottomans. And Muslim aspros and chromatism. Throughout the centuries,
men leading armed groups will oppose these different invasions. These are the Palikare Iyas. Nikolaos Copaïs to perpetuate
this spirit of insubordination. He welcomes us into his home. At the rank of.
The man who is going to perform a heroic act. And that he. Whether young or old,
from the moment he performs a heroic act, he is called
a palikare Palikare. The Pulicaria have their revolt
firmly in their hearts. The last time Nikolaos Qu’aspasia
rebelled was during World War II. Memories still
very present in him. Were already at home. He was part of the resistance
during the Occupation. Nothing else mattered. Neither fear nor fatigue.
Nothing. We stood up to fight, to free ourselves. That
was it. Aim. We were going to free ourselves.
Or die. Freedom or death. And Thanatos. Crete gained autonomy in 1898. Fifteen years later, it was
officially attached to the Greek state. Today, this multicultural past is an
integral part of life in Crete. It is found in the Kafenio. It is in these small cafes that men
come at all hours to chat or play tavli, a type
of backgammon that dates back to Antiquity. In these establishments,
coffee is still served today according to Ottoman tradition. A ritual inseparable
from that of the komboloï. I ask them what they want to talk about. I explain to them what to do. This pearl necklace is
inspired by the Muslim rosary. Having seen it in the hands
of the Turks during the occupation, the Greeks appropriated it. In the workshop of the Komboloi Museum,
faithful copies of old models are made. As the Komboloi symbolizes the freedom
regained by the Greeks after the Turkish occupation, when the
Turkish occupation ended. Little by little, the Greeks began
to modify this object, to change its philosophy and culture. It ceased to be
anything to do with prayer. And as you can see,
the beads can move freely along the komboloi, and this
symbolizes this newfound freedom. In almost two centuries,
the Komboloi has become a leisure object that occupies the hands to better
allow the mind to wander. And komboloï. Erika The Komboloi
was originally an object belonging to less educated sections of society. Today, it is no longer associated
with a specific city or a particular social class, but rather with all
Greeks who have appropriated komboloi. We continue our
journey to the island of Tino. Tino, the third
largest island of the Cyclades. During the period of Venetian occupation. The islanders have
taken up pigeon breeding. Appreciated for their flesh. Above all, they were valuable messengers. Today,
Tino still has hundreds of dovecotes, true
masterpieces of refinement. While some of them still serve
as shelters for pigeons, many are being transformed. Thierry Véron is French. When he settled on the island, he
was seduced by their atypical architecture. So he decided to restore
one of his dovecotes. The decoration of dovecotes borrows
eternal themes such as the theme of the wheel or the rose window
which means eternity or the theme of the isosceles triangle with the point upwards
which signifies communication between earth and heaven. All this forms a symbolic language
that we find on dovecotes. Having a dovecote on one’s land was
at the time a privilege, a sign of prosperity. In fact, the Venetians will import
the signs of the West, and one of the signs that is attached
to nobility is the possession of a dovecote, like the possession of a
weather vane, like the right to carry a sword, like various signs
that in fact signify nobility. And in Gatineau,
this is particularly reflected in the construction of dovecotes. The dovecote was built
on several levels. The lower floor housed
agricultural produce and equipment. It could even be used as a dwelling. The upper floors, meanwhile,
were the refuge of pigeons. Today, it has become
Thierry’s summer residence. This is my room
and actually, it’s the old one. This is the ancient domain of birds. So the birds came in through these
windows that we have, that we have arranged opposite
the triangles and which cannot be seen from the outside. They also entered through the
upper line of holes which is located below these windows and their
nests were in the holes. Who are here in front of me. These dovecotes are not
the only peculiarity of Tinos. The island also owes its reputation
to its marble quarries. There is a small town where
this noble material is still worked. This is Pyrgos. There are numerous
sculpture workshops and a school of fine arts specializing in stone carving. In this village, marble is present
everywhere, from staircases to door frames. The first quarries
in Tinos date back to ancient times. Today, its marble can be found in
the most prestigious European palaces. This island is also home to several
hundred churches and chapels. The various occupations that marked
the history of Greece did not alter its faith in the Orthodox religion. Even if. Tinos is considered
a holy island by the Greeks and is home to a large pilgrimage. It is to the Orthodox what
Lourdes is to the Catholics. And this is where this pilgrimage takes place,
in this Notre-Dame church, a church which, as you can see,
dominates the city and seems to protect it. Orthodox pilgrims from all over
the country, but also from the Balkans. Constantly converging towards Tinos. Once they arrived on the island,
some of them, like Olga, chose to make the journey
on their knees to show their fervor towards the Virgin Mary. Olga has been making this pilgrimage
for about ten years. It was a decision I made
suddenly at a difficult time. I said to myself, Holy Virgin, come
to my aid so that we may be well. And I will make
the pilgrimage on my knees every year. And so, that’s what I did. I leave the port and go
inside where the icon is. It was in this location, in fact,
that an icon of the Virgin was discovered in the 19th century, intact after
850 years underground. The icon is now
displayed under a marble canopy. It is said to have miraculous properties. So. Anyway, you have Et. In my opinion, now. What happened to me was three things. First, I almost lost my
life during childbirth. I almost lost my child too, and my
husband had a car accident. So I come here every year to
thank the Virgin for helping us. Because in those difficult times,
many times I said Come to my aid, come to my aid. And now
all three of us are doing very well. And in the corridor,
for those who want to be taken seriously,
as the system has understood, there are accomplices, carers and even less. There you go, these are all the children who. Come with better than us. And at the castle, I got a The best. Is the enemy of good, even if. Inside this church there are
a considerable number of ex-votos. So many wishes and thanks
left by the pilgrims. Among them, a ship made of precious metal. Legend has it that a ship
crossing the Mediterranean Sea was caught in a storm. The sailors discovered upon arriving
at the port that a huge fish had lodged itself in a hole, saving their lives. Another ex-voto speaks volumes about the
fervor of the faithful of this church. It represents a very beautiful orange tree. There was a truly
amazing miracle here at Our Lady of Grace. That’s blurry for you, Americano. It was the healing of a blind American. He had begged the Virgin to show him
the light from his home in the United States. And he promised him that the first thing he
saw, he would give him a replica in hard cash. It was then that he felt an
intense flash before his eyes and saw a flowering orange tree planted in his garden. You see there it is his ex-voto. There were men who were
constantly under the church. The crypt where the icon was found was
converted for baptisms and for. Go from what is approved everywhere. There is also a slope that leads up. Oh dear, there are the Somalis
and all that. That really pisses me off. No, but I’ll read it anyway. Albatross Hhhhhhhhhh. Be ready, my sweet friend. The pilgrimage to Tinos reaches its peak
on March 25, the day of the Annunciation, and on August 15, the day of the Assumption. Icons occupy a
privileged place in the Orthodox religion. The Greeks have a very
special cult for their saints. Among them were Saint Constantine,
the Roman emperor who brought Christianity to the West,
and Saint Helena, his mother. Every year,
they are celebrated with an unexpected ritual in the small village of
Langada, in the north of mainland Greece. This is the Anastasius ritual. This ceremony was born from a legend
that took place in Bulgaria. She says that a fire broke out
in the village church where the icons of Saint
Constantine and Saint Helena were located. The villagers then
intervened to save the icons. For this, the saints would have
helped them walk on fire. The villagers reportedly emerged
safe and sound, without any burns. The inhabitants of Langada are
mostly their direct descendants. Giorgos is one of them. Together with the other Annas Steinar,
they dance tirelessly to the sound of drums and bagpipes. It’s true that there is like. When I was still a
child, around ten or twelve years old. At the time, the custom
was kept secret. At night, I heard the daouly,
this little drum and the lyre. Not long ago. At that time, people kept
the custom secret, because being in a new homeland,
they were afraid of the reaction of the locals. But I felt like I was being called,
subject to an inner impulse, to a force that was always telling me to go for it. And that’s actually
how it happened. As a child, I left home in the middle of the
night to witness the Hana Steinar custom for the first time. And ever since, even today,
I remain a faithful admirer of this custom which is truly very dear to me. We arrived at work
and when In my vegetable garden all. The years in Sénart
thus enter into a sort of trance which will later lead them
to walk on hot coals. This is the culmination of the ceremony,
the highest form of veneration of the saints. At nightfall. The pyre is lit. The Anastases are guided
by spiritual leaders. They are the ones who express the will
of the saints and decide when one should walk on the embers. He’s just a tired dog. Fire is sacred to us. We bless it, we tame it and then,
with the help of icons, we cross the fire. We walk on fire
and come out intact. Everywhere, put your dog come. But at the very moment you walk
on the fire, everyone vows that it will turn to ashes. Let them fall to ashes.
Start. Start.
Imagine. Walking on the embers. It is a spontaneous action that leads
to the limits of the extreme. And that’s not nothing.
It’s magic. Every year in May,
the inhabitants of Langada perpetuate this tradition and reenact
the scene of the founding myth. A few kilometers away. The city of Thessaloniki. Today it is
the second largest city in Greece. It has preserved one of the most beautiful
testimonies of the Byzantine period. Hagia Sophia Church. It dates from the 8th century
AD. There are two inscriptions here which summarize
both the history of this place and the history of Thessalonica. I’ll show them to you. Here are these two inscriptions. These are two numbers,
two dates: 1430 and 1912. So the first one, you see,
is painted in black. It corresponds to the year of the capture
of the city by the Ottomans and the transformation of most of
the churches into mosques. This was also the case with Hagia Sophia. And then 1912 is a date
that is painted in gold. It corresponds to the year when Hagia Sophia
was returned to Christian worship and when Thessaloniki was annexed to Greece. Between these two dates, almost 500 years. So Hagia Sophia is a
magnificent church, we’re going to discover it. Hagia Sophia houses frescoes
and mosaics dating back to the ninth and tenth centuries. The most remarkable mosaic is
undoubtedly the one that decorates the interior of the great dome. It represents the ascension of Christ. Another testimony of this
Byzantine era was discovered in Thessaloniki in 2006 during the
construction work of the metro. An entire neighborhood dating from this
period has been brought to light. It has the same layout as the
current city, located just above. Its roadway, its sidewalks,
its shops offer a rare glimpse of social and commercial life
between the fourth and ninth centuries AD. So here we have a
particularly spacious street, the width of which reaches about eight meters. Along the street runs a large
central sewer pipe into which other smaller pipes emptied
, draining water from the various blocks and rainwater. For the first time in Thessaloniki,
customs and daily life are revealed here. Several texts from the period
refer to this avenue known as the Middle Road. They describe a shopping street during the day
which sees religious processions at night. During the excavations,
archaeologists discovered mercury, a find that indicates the presence
of goldsmith workshops in Byzantine times. Today, 17 centuries later, this district
is still the home of jewelers. The findings of the Venizelos station
are important for the history of the city. For the first time,
a grandiose urban landscape was revealed, an entire city beneath the city,
with very wide streets, public spaces and rectilinear buildings. However,
the extent and monumentality of this ensemble were not expected. To preserve this rare
testimony of the past. The city decided to keep these
remains in their original location, even if it meant delaying
the construction of the metro. Thessaloniki is a city with a
cosmopolitan past. Centuries of Ottoman occupation
have left their mark there. It was here, in the Annapolis district,
that many refugees settled in 1922 following
the Greco-Turkish War. Nearly a million Greeks from Türkiye
were then expelled from the Ottoman Empire. But this return to the country is
painful. He then invented a lament
to sing of their exile, Le Rébétiko. Abyssinian Love Submarine. Submarine. risking your race here. Yes, to win his bet. But what a bad character! And. Rebetiko is a music
that is constantly evolving. It deals with everyday problems:
love, separation, loneliness. This group of Rebets
is called the Kiridashis. How is Ni Lefteris transmitted? Turilli plays the Greek national instrument
, the bouzouki, and is the leader of the Italian group. Your jacket is moving. Rebetiko is a bit like the Greek blues. It doesn’t have the same musical structure,
but we find the same pains, we find the same desire to express
feelings, to give a clear image
of the worries of everyday life. It’s a bit like your
jegounotron growing in warehouses. Justice-police in my cupboards. Born in the 1930s,
rebetiko addressed other darker themes such as drugs,
alcohol, homelessness and poverty. To the point of being banned by the
dictatorship in power at the time. We walk around Tourlourou, that’s historical. Convention meeting,
nothing will matter. This music continues to represent
a voice of protest that constantly influences, and primarily young people. Rebetiko’s lament has a
particular resonance in today’s Greece, a country cruelly hit by the crisis. School accommodation. Around a Mermoz coffee. Tenacious, cute victim of the profession. What will life have cost? Lyrical Philately, Nicolas Gouny appreciates the life that. Is to come to comment on the loans. It’s a song we wrote with
the band and it talks about the situation we are
experiencing today in Greece. Ting ting ting ting ting. Poland. The song illustrates the despair
of many Greek citizens regarding the situation
in which they live daily. Despair? Because of this, the series touches my heart. Typekit adds my touch of Japanese love. Senator Costas First of all, Good Cana is Mary. Well done ! Good. Return to Athens. Music has always been one of the
major arts of ancient Greece. It was she who set the pace for the
social and religious life of the city. The gods themselves were musicians. When Apollo plays his lyre, the other
Olympian gods hold their breath. But the founding myth of music
is undoubtedly that of Orpheus. When this musician sings,
no one can resist him, starting with his wife Eurydice. When she dies,
Orpheus manages to convince the god of the Underworld to restore her to life
through the power of music alone. And today, it is sacred song that makes the hearts of the Greeks vibrate. Byzantine music. Spit out his prose. Invented in the 4th century, at the time of the
Christianization of the Byzantine Empire. It has remained inseparable from the
dominant cult in Greece, the Orthodox religion. Catholics have their Gregorian chant. The Orthodox
have their own Byzantine chant. Konstantinos Poletti teaches
this traditional music. And.
The art of singing psalms. Byzantine art is an art
that is still alive. Besides, there are
contemporary creations. It is not a dead art. In fact, I consider these musicians to be
creating history with their music. Since ancient times, the Greeks have always
tended to sing about what they did. Even. The singers of
Byzantine music are the SALT. But when we resume slowly
and in a united manner, we must always keep in mind
that it is a funeral hymn. Of course, in the Orthodox tradition,
we have charmolypi, that is to say that in the most
unpleasant things there is always hidden the joy of the resurrection which transforms
and perfects all things. We start again, but she dies. This music is of great complexity. Unlike the notation system known
in Western Europe, musical characters indicate
the intervals of the melody and not the notes. The halts must also be able to
read and sing in ancient Greek. A lifelong learning process
that Dionysie has been following for 17 years. In any case,
I revise 4 hours a day because Byzantine music is made up of
theoretical and musical stories, practical exercises
and deciphering melodies. How convenient. Understanding the text is also
essential to good interpretation. By definition. The role of Byzantine music is
to transmit the word of God. The melody is there to
highlight the biblical text. Go freeze his hind legs and said My God, so charismatic. It ‘s Sunday morning. Athens wakes up to the sound
of the presidential guard’s parade. An unchanging ritual takes place. These soldiers are the evzones. With their traditional attire, they have
become one of the emblems of Greece. The origin of the Evzones
dates back to antiquity. The word evzones first appears
in Homer’s epics. This word referred to great, very
well-trained soldiers with remarkable adaptability. Nearly two years later,
the Evzones would serve their homeland in the Greek War of Independence
against the Ottoman Empire. They then became the
key figure of the national uprising in the 20th century. They distinguished themselves by their courage
during the Balkan conflicts and the two world wars. Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. Today, the Evzones form the
elite unit that guards the Parliament and the presidential palace. One of their missions is to stand
guard 24 hours a day in front of the war memorial. A skillfully choreographed ballet
whose difficulty is unsuspecting. In fact, the Evzones uniform
weighs around twenty kilos. There is a school. To become an evzone, you must be
over 1.87 meters tall on board. We also have to endure
training and difficult situations, including
weather conditions and the sun. Among the constraints
are immobility and imposed silence. Anne told me It’s like. If someone bothers us,
we hit the ground with our weapon. So our superior comes
to see if there is a problem. But we can
only communicate with him with our eyes. One blink means yes, two means
no, and three means I don’t know. So. At worst, we have the right to whisper. Clothing is also part
of the ceremony, ancestral gestures performed, always in pairs. It takes
80 days for tailors and shoemakers to make a single uniform. The colors of this uniform
have their meaning. Red, for example, symbolizes
the blood shed over the centuries. Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. The white evokes the purity of the intentions
of his soldiers and the struggle of the Greek people. This garment has survived through history,
becoming the national uniform of combatants during the
Greek revolution in 1821 against the Ottoman Empire. That’s it for me. I put it to Murphy.
At that time. It takes the form we know. And in particular the Fustanelle which adopts its
400 folds, symbol of the 400 years of Ottoman occupation. Another characteristic element
of this uniform is the shoes. They are called tsuruchi. These clogs, so recognizable with their
black pompoms, weigh more than one and a half kilos each. Around sixty nails are planted in
the soles to prevent slipping. The pompoms, for their part,
had a dual function. The orphica and. Popular literature reports that there was
a sharp object in the pompom. This was used in hand-to-hand combat
to neutralize the opponent more quickly. There are plenty of them. The pompom is made of wool to keep
feet warm in winter. Every Sunday, at the end of the day,
the Evzones have another ceremony. He climbs to the top of the sacred rock
of the Acropolis to lower the national flag. From the house of.
Retirement. For me, Zone means being proud of one’s
homeland and having a sense of ethics. What she will bring. I am aware that I am
a symbol of my country. Evzone and Acropolis rhyme with Greece. the Acropolis stigmatizes it. Athena was born early. As the Evzones perform
their weekly ritual. A privileged few
have front row seats. These are the inhabitants of Anafiotika,
a neighborhood clinging to the side of the rock, at the foot of the Acropolis. I am very proud to hear
the flag halyard. Not everyone in Greece is lucky enough
to live under the Acropolis and hear the flag rise and fall. Kanako Summer had neither TV nor. Hearing that sound while I drink my
wine while seeing the flag go down. At a level that it isn’t. Summer What’s more beautiful? I feel very proud of that. Pragma. From antiquity to the present day,
through the Byzantine period, the Venetian conquest, and
Turkish domination, Greece has always been a source of desire. It is a land that saw the flowering of our
European culture, a unique world where men and gods mingled. So, this concludes this episode
of the Grand Tour, a grand tour specially dedicated to ancient Greece,
with its legends, its myths, its gods. Ancient Greece, which shaped our
civilization and nourished our imagination. So end of the episode. But the Odyssey continues. It is with the end that everything begins. See you
soon. How ?
Fox? Wright. Oh yeah! Baby now Put on the shoes. Let’s take a break Loose for all right. I want to take it out. Yeah! I want to take you out.

Bienvenue dans un voyage fascinant à travers plus de 4 000 ans d’histoire, de mythes et de foi. Ce nouvel épisode vous transporte au cœur de la Grèce éternelle, où chaque pierre raconte une épopée, chaque île une légende.

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🕊️ De l’Acropole d’Athènes à Delphes, centre du monde antique selon Zeus, de Sparte, cité des guerriers, à la Crète minoenne, berceau du labyrinthe du Minotaure, c’est tout un monde disparu qui se révèle à vous.
🧱 Dans les hauteurs vertigineuses des Météores, découvrez les monastères suspendus entre ciel et terre, refuges de silence et de prière depuis le XIVᵉ siècle.
🔥 À Langada, vibrez au rythme du feu sacré et des traditions orthodoxes où les fidèles marchent sur les braises avec foi et ferveur.
⚱️ Poussez les portes de Knossos, palais des Minoens, entre fresques flamboyantes et prouesses architecturales oubliées.
🌋 Puis cap sur Santorin, théâtre de cataclysmes antiques et peut-être, selon certains, la véritable Atlantide…

Et partout, une Grèce vivante : la musique rébétiko, les Evzones en uniforme d’apparat, les marchés d’Athènes à l’aube, le vin volcanique de Santorin, le marbre de Tinos sculpté par les siècles…
Une odyssée à la croisée des civilisations, entre spiritualité, esthétique et mémoire collective.

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