Europe Day in BiH: Photo exhibition “Travelling through Europe” opened

Marking this year’s Europe Day, the EU Info Centre in BiH and the Embassy of Greece in BiH organised a photo exhibition entitled “Travelling through Europe” by the renowned Greek photographer, Dionysia Alexiadi on May 10 at the EU Info Centre.

The exhibition features 32 photographs depicting the beauty of European cities through the lens of Dionysia Alexiadi.

Opening the exhibition, Head of the EU Delegation and EU Special Representative in BIH, Ambassador Lars-Gunnar Wigemark pointed out the diversity of cultural heritage and cosmopolitan nature of the countries depicted in the photographs.

‘’The EU supports and strongly encourages all initiatives to promote the cosmopolitan nature of the BiH’s culture and cultural heritage as it contributes significantly to the creation of the European identity and helps the citizens better understand the present through richer and shared interpretation of our common past’’, Ambassador noted.

Author of the exhibition, Dionysia Alexiadi, explained her passion for traveling and the reason why she fell in love at first sight with Sarajevo.

‘’The photos are from my travels through Europe over the last years. I have focused on landscapes and cities from different countries. Apart from temples, islands and landscapes of my native land Greece I have also included photos from my last visit to Sarajevo, a multicultural historical city, which impressed me at once. I am looking forward to visiting and travelling again through Bosnia and Herzegovina and capturing the beauties with my lens”, Alexiadi said.

Addressing the audience, Ambassador of Greece to BiH, H.E. Georgios Iliopoulos used this opportunity to highlight the richness of the European culture.

When travelling through Europe, we all admire diversity of each country, but at the same time this diversity seems very familiar to all of us. This is why we organized the exhibition showing beautiful cities of Europe on the occasion of marking Europe Day in BiH. Through her gallery of photos, the author of exhibition created the impression every traveler has when visiting popular destinations, that of differences uniting us”, said Ambassador Iliopoulos.

Dionysia Alexiadi was born in the island of Zakynthos and grew up in Athens. She studied photography at painting and during her five-year stay in London she received a degree in Interior Design and History of Art. Over the few last years, she has travelled worldwide focusing her work on photography.

The exhibition will be displayed and open for public at the EU Info Centre (address: Skenderija 3a, Sarajevo), on working days from 09:30 to 17:30 hrs until 17 May.

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