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Delacroix’s ‘Greece’ Returns to Missolonghi for 200th Bicentennial of Heroic Exodus
By ANTHEE CARASSAVA

Eugène Delacroix’s romantic masterpiece Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi has returned to the city that inspired it for the first time in two centuries, marking a emotional centerpiece for the 200th anniversary of the 1826 Exodus. The iconic oil painting, on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts of Bordeaux, went on public display Saturday at the Xenokratio Archaeological Museum. It will remain in the "Sacred City" through November 2026 as the focal point of the bicentennial commemorations. T...