No, you haven't got your calendar wrong. This coming Wednesday, November 17th, carries a lot of weight in Greece - it commemorates a tragic day in 1973 when protesting students at Athens' Polytechnic University were killed by the government of "The Colonels". <P>Most years, it's a good idea to avoid Syntagma Square and, unfortunately, its nearby hotels and attractions around this date and to stay away from Embassy Row in Athens, as protestors tend to congregate at those spots in large numbers. With the recent rash of parcel bomb attempts, it's very likely that authorities will be keeping a close eye on the commemorations in Athens and other major towns and cities. Will this prevent conflicts or create them? We'll see on Wednesday.
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.