Stories from Ithaca
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The stories here are written by our members and professional historians, about broad themes in Ithacan history. Read updates from current research, and new takes on old historical debates.
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Not the palace of Odysseus! Uncovering the lost ‘palace’ of the governors of Venetian Ithaca
Kyriaco Nikias writes about his research on the forgotten ‘public palace’ of the Venetian period — a site of colonial power and political tensions which had been abandoned already by the 18th century
Uncovering a forgotten ‘libro d’oro’ of Ithaca from 1799
Gerasimos Livitsanis presents the stories of Ithacesians through a forgotten manuscript of 1799
Mysteries of a Venetian-period church
Our team visited the church recently to view this curious monument of the Venetian period.
A Virtual Archaeological Museum of Ithaca
Everyone is just one click away from the archaeological finds of Ithaca.
