Istituto Comprensivo “Alighieri” Sant’Agostino, Ferrara PROGETTO COMENIUS Conosci la Grecia?

Our school partners L’Ecole George Poboran de Roumanie - Çamlica Ilkögretim okulu Turhal-Tokat, de TurquieÇamlica Ilkögretim okulu Turhal-Tokat, de Turquie - zespol szkol, de Polognezespol szkol, de Pologne - le 4ème collège de Corfou, de Grèce - l'Istituto Comprensivo Dante Alighieri, d'Italie - Le Lycée Français de Palma, d'Espagne et de FranceLe Lycée Français de Palma, d'Espagne et de France

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SCOALA CU CLS I-VIII, GEORGE POBORAN - SLATINA - RO

Lycee Francais de Palma - Palma de Mallorca - ES

Zespol Szkol - Czerwionka- Leszczyny - PL

CAMLICA ILKOGRETIM OKULU - TOKAT - TR

4eme college de Corfou - ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ - GR

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Greek Flag

Why this flag? According to popular tradition, the nine stripes represent the nine syllables of the phrase "Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος" ("Freedom or Death", " E-lef-the-ri-a i Tha-na-tos"), the five blue stripes for the syllables "Έλευθερία" and the four white stripes "ή Θάνατος".syllablesΕλευθερία ή Θάνατος

The nine stripes are also said to represent the letters of the word "freedom" (Greek: Ελευθερία). There is also a different theory, that the nine stripes symbolize the nine Muses, the goddesses of art and civilization) Muses

Nine Muses dancing with Apollo, by Baldassare Peruzzi Baldassare Peruzzi

Calliope - Epic poetry _Writing tabletCalliopeEpic poetryWriting tablet Clio – History - ScrollslioHistoryScrolls Erato - Lyric poetry - Cithara (an ancient Greek musical instrument in the lyre family) EratoLyric poetryCitharaancient Greek musical instrumentlyre Euterpe - Music - Aulos (an ancient Greek musical instrument like a flute) EuterpeMusicAulosancient Greekmusical instrument Melpomene - Tragedy - Tragic mask MelpomeneTragedyTragic mask Polyhymnia - Choral poetry - Veil PolyhymniaChoral poetryVeil Terpsichore - Dance - Lyre TerpsichoreDanceLyre Thalia - Comedy - Comic maskThaliaComedyComic mask Urania - Astronomy - UraniaAstronomy

Blue and white have many interpretations, symbolizing the colours of the famed Greek sky and sea (combined with the white clouds and waves), traditional colours of Greek clothes in the islands and the mainland,

ODD CELEBRATIONS 8° January – GHINECOCRATIA It is a celebration held in some places of Tracia, the region in the North. Here people celebrate St Domenico (Anghia Kiriaki); it is a day when men and women exchange their roles at home for a day.

23° April –St George The knight killed the dragon. St George is the chief of the shepherds and he is celebrated all around the country. Big celebrations are held in Aranova and Skiros where St Georges is the patron saint

NATIONAL HOLIODAYS 25th March – Day of the Greek Independence. The beginning of the insurrection against Turkist in 1821 is celebrated. This day is celebrated all around the Greece by military parades; 28th October – Day of the Greek Independence The day is characterized by military parade and folk dancing. It is the day of the “OXI”, no, in honour of the General Metaxas who refused

The demand from Mussolini to occupy the country during the Second World War. 17th November – it is the day of the insurrection of students against the “Generals” in 1974

Other information It entered in the EEC in 1973 The drachma was the Greek currency from 1832 to 2002