November 17th.
Monday November 16, 2009
November 17th carries a lot of baggage in Greece - it commemorates a tragic day in 1973 when protesting students were killed by the government then in power. And it's the name of a Greek anarchist group which arose after that incident.
Most years, it's a good idea to avoid Syntagma Square and its hotels around this date and to stay away from Embassy Row in Athens, as protestors tend to congregate at those spots in large numbers.
Otherwise, this difficult date should have little effect on your Greek travel plans.
this is a weird picture but then again its cool so i think maybe you should be wise about what you take pictures of!!!
November 17. It was a dictatorship not an elected government that killed students and civilian demonstrators the night of November 17. “From April 1967 until July 1974, Greece was ruled by a violent and oppressive regime”. That night trigger other events including organized armed retaliation against the dictators that end their ruling in July 1974.