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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-17
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[01] NGO, bank, start crowd funding campaign to save the ancient theatre
of Cassope
[01] NGO, bank, start crowd funding campaign to save the ancient theatre
of Cassope
A non-profit organization has partnered with the National Bank of Greece
(NBG) to launch a crowd funding campaign to conduct a restoration of
the ancient theater of Cassope, located in Epirus, western Greece.
Using the bank's crowd funding platform www.act4greece.gr, the NGO Diazoma
and NBG urge people to donate money to the "Ancient Theatre of Cassope"
action, hoping to raise the target amount of 80,000 euros. The campaign
has so far raised 3,393 euros and will be open until 31.12.2016.
The ancient theatre of Cassope is built in the southern foothills of
Zaloggo and overlooks the peninsula of Preveza, the Ambracian Gulf,
the Ionian Sea, the island of Lefkada and the Acarnanian Mountains. It
was originally built in the 3rd century BC with a seating capacity
of 6,000. It hosted music events, theatre performances and political
gatherings of the Cassopean League.
Diazoma is a non-profit association set up in 2008 with the purpose of
researching, studying, protecting, showcasing and, if feasible, using
again ancient theatres and other venues for events, such as ancient odeons
and stadiums. It is supported by academics, intellectuals, artists and
members of the public determined to take the fate of these monuments into
their own hands and give dynamic assistance to the State and its relevant
services in the effort to bring ancient theatres into modern-day life.
The association has designed its first Cultural Itinerary to cover the
ancient theatres of Epirus and the theatre of Cassope is one of the
stops on this route.
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