History of modern Greece

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The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition by the Great Powers — Britain, France and Russia — of its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828 to the present day.

Ioannis Kapodistrias

Face and Obverse of a Phoenix coin.

The murder of Ioannis Kapodistrias by Charalambos Pachis.

The Entry of King Otto in Athens by Peter von Hess.

Thessaly

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Thessaly is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia, and appears thus in Homer's Odyssey.

The first ancient theatre of Larissa. It was constructed inside the ancient city's centre during the reign of Antigonus II Gonatas towards the end of the 3rd century BC. The theatre was in use for six centuries, until the end of the 3rd century AD

Part of the Byzantine castle of Trikala

View of the Panagia Olympiotissa Monastery in Elassona

"The Hyperian Fountain at Pherae", during the Ottoman era, by Edward Dodwell.