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Contemporary Art Exhibition: “Our ears to the cement”
Routes in Marpissa Festival August 23, 24, 25, 2024 Elements Unbroken
“Homelands! Air, earth, water, fire! Elements unbroken and the beginning and end of all creatures (…)”* Kostis Palamas The elements of nature, the source of life, eternal allies, and sometimes adversaries of humanity have always shaped our journey on earth. Fire, air, earth, and water, universal symbols and driving forces of civilization, inspire the…
The Impact of the Festival ‘Routes in Marpissa’
Research in the context of the festival “Routes in Marpissa” by the Department of Tourism Studies of the University of Piraeus. The research was conducted in August 2023 by the Department of Tourism Studies of the University of Piraeus, under the scientific supervision of Professors Dr. Georgia Zouni, Assistant Professor of Tourism Marketing and Dr.…
Press Release “Routes in Marpissa” Festival – In Between – 25, 26, 27 August 2023
Visual arts exhibition “Routes in Marpissa 2023”
“What is born out of the ground? The stones are burning in July, my eyes are burning too.” * As the lime melds the Cycladic forms into a harmonious expanse of purest white – an embodiment of the Greek summer – the bleach, employed to cleanse the spaces awaiting eager visitors, silently infiltrates the…
Festival Routes in Marpissa – In Between – 25, 26, 27 August 2023
Marpissa in Paros will welcome us again this year in its welcoming courtyards, paving alleys, squares and church forecourts, on the occasion of the 13th Routes in Marpissa festival that will take place on August 25, 26 and 27. This time having the route map as a guide, the bougainvilleas as signposts and the scents…
Routes in Marpissa 2022 Festival This year’s festival album in 12 plus 1 click
One more festival of Routes in Marpissa has come to an end. For the 12th year, residents of the village and of Paros, visitors from Greece and all over the world walked through the traditional settlement, which for three days celebrated the end of harvest with concerts, music and dance performances, workshops, events, lectures and…
Routes to Marpissa 2022 – Group art exhibition
The mouth fills with words * Group art exhibition Artists: Phoebe Giannisi, Virginia Mastrogiannaki, Maria Sideri, Chara Stergiou Curated by Despina Zefkili. “The mountains are still nice today (…), that is, we see them as nice, they themselves have no self-consciousness, as Hegel said. To walk again today a path lost by the…
“Routes in Marpissa“ awarded in the Call for European Heritage Days Stories 2022
Routes in Marpissa 2022, Harvest in the Parian “Katikia”
26, 27, 28 August 2022 Harvest in the Parian “Katikia” The wheat is sown, harvest is coming Do not boast before you see the end. This year’s festival Routes in Marpissa is dedicated to the harvest in the Parian “katikia”, returning for the 12th year, consistent in its appointment with the public, on the…
Art exhibition: Cycladic Rondo (return / feedback)
Wake-up call for all the residents of Marpissa, Parians and friends of the time-honoured festivities (festival “Routes in Marpissa”)
Blue Heritage is the new project of the “Routes in Marpissa” team
Press Release | European Heritage Days 2020
Cancellation of the festival Routes in Marpissa 2020
Press Release – 10 years “Routes in Marpissa”
Contemporary art exhibition: “Summer is the opposite of history*”
10 years “Routes in Marpissa” A three-day celebration in the center of the Aegean Sea 23, 24, 25 August
Animasyros traveled for the first time to Paros for a creative collaboration with Routes in Marpissa!
Routes in Marpissa were awarded at the Best City Awards 2018
“Routes in Marpissa” awarded as “Sustainable Cultural Tourism Destination” for the year 2018
Walking the dog on the salt
Press Release 2018
“Routes in Marpissa” has been awarded the label of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018
Report 2017
Routes in Marpissa 2017 – Program
25, 26, 27 August 2017 “In the Light” Program
The sun is barred from entering
How can the famous Parian marble, the Cycladic light, the pirate stories of the Aegean, the architectural shells of the past, as well as the current debate on wind parks, become the motive for the emergence of alternative stories and conflicts around the history and the present identity of Paros?
Blue Magazine – Aegean Airlines
May 2017. Blue Magazine – Sun-Kissed Paros | Aegean Airlines issue 5/2017
EFFE 2017-2018
Routes in Marpissa is now part of the EFFE festival community,
Quality certification for the festival “Routes in Marpissa”
The assessment of the quality management system of the festival “Routes in Marpissa”
Routes in Marpissa 2016 / Press Release
On 26, 27 and August 28, volunteers and visitors of the cultural and experiential festival “Routes in Marpissa,” traveled for the seventh consecutive year
Clumsy routes
Artists: Natasa Biza, Constantinos Hadzinikolaou, Persefoni Myrtsou, Apostolos Ntelakos, Paky Vlassopoulou. Curator: Despina Zefkili
Press release 2016
Routes in Marpissa “With Destination” 26, 27, 28 August 2016 The experiential, cultural festival «Routes in Marpissa», for seventh consecutive year, takes you on a journey to the island of Paros, on 26, 27 and 28 August, 2016. What do you take with you on a trip? What makes you go back to a favourite place?
Questionnaire: Paros International
As part of the research and planning for the festival “Routes in Marpissa” 2016, but also for the team’s archive, we collect information about people from Paros and Marpissa living abroad. Your participation and cooperation in this project will offer us great joy and help!
Routes in Marpissa 20-21-22 August 2015 Marpissa, Paros
On 20, 21 and August 22, 2015 volunteers and guests of the cultural and experiential festival “Routes in Marpissa” shared unique moments and strong emotions in the traditional settlement of Marpissa, Paros.
Press Release
The experiential, cultural festival «Routes in Marpissa», for sixth consecutive year, welcomes those who want to discover the authenticity of Paros island, in August, 20, 21 and 22.
EFFE Label 2015/2016
“Routes in Marpissa” have been selected by EFFE, the European Festivals Association to receive the EFFE Label 2015/2016 and be part of a European network
2015 Wishes!
We wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015! The organizing team of Routes in Marpissa
November 2013: Experiencing Routes in Marpissa through the eyes of the volunteers.
“Friends of Paros,” in the context of promoting development and culture issues of the island and in cooperation with other agencies and action groups of Paros, host on their website the following article
Participation in “Festlab” in Syros Institute
On 14th and 15th of September, our team had the pleasure to be invited and participate in the first “Festlab” which was organized by Syros Institute and ad axem.
Honourable distinction from “Friends of Paros”
“Friends of Paros,” in the context of promoting development and culture issues of the island and in cooperation with other agencies and action groups of Paros,