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    • Day 4
    • Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 10:43 PM
    • 🌙 14 °C
    • Altitude: 73 m
    • GreeceChurch of the Pantanassa37°58’38” N  23°43’35” E

    Oxi Day

    October 28, 2021 in Greece ⋅ 🌙 14 °C

    Oxi Day celebrates Greece's entrance into WW2, when Ionnes Metaxis ( dictator of Greece at the time) said "Oxi" (NO!) to Mussolini who wanted to stage troops in Greece. Greece joined the Allies, and postponed Nazi occupation.

    Big parade- mostly schoolchildren- and free entry to archaeological sites .
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