Educational Program

Paintelling: Travelling with symbols and myths from Rigas’ Charta - 2022

Dates

Tickets

Free admission

Venue

Onassis Library

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Thursday 12.05.2022
Time
10:30-12:00
Venue
Online

Information

Participation

Participation is free following online registration

To participate, please submit an application of interest

Addressed to

Primary School Students of grades 3, 4, 5 and 6

Duration

1 hour and 30 minutes

Introduction

The Charta of Rigas becomes the starting point of a fun game with riddles, deciphering, painting, and history. Through this program, you will discover the secrets of a map that was created for the 1821 Greek Revolution.

Rigas Velestinlis, who wrote the hymn “Thourios” and prepared the Greeks for the 1821 Greek Revolution, cleverly managed to hide his dream of an independent Greece in a map.

Prompted by the fact that the Onassis Library holds a copy of the Charta of Greece, students are invited to solve riddles and decipher the messages that Rigas wished to send to Greeks under Ottoman rule.

Get ready to travel through the map, following a route full of unknown stories about coins, ancient monuments, historical battles, mythical heroes, kings, and philosophers. Drawing inspiration on all these, create your own symbols, full of meaning.

Application and Selection Procedure

Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

If you require any further information, please contact education@onassis.org

Credits

Author, Illustrator
Lida Varvarousi
Doctor of History of Cartography, Cartographic Heritage Archives, General State Archives
Maria Pazarli
Science and Technology Historian, Onassis Library Coordinator
Vicky Gerontopoulou