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Fascinating Vintage Photos Show Life In 1970s Greece

In the 1970s, Greece was under a major political crisis. It was started in 1967 and ended with the 1974 referendum, which ended the monarchy and new constitution was approved after a year. After the restoration of democracy, Greece’s stability and economic prosperity improved significantly, but the country was still groping for a national identity.

Here below are some historical photos of that show life in 1970s Greece.

Also check Greece in 1950s.

#1 A young woman sitting on her bike, Island of Rhodes, Greece, 1971.

#2 Orthodox priest and his family on a street in Athens in July 1973, Greece.

#3 An old woman eating seated in a restaurant. Greece, 1970s

#4 Students of a Greek primary school listening to the theacher during a class. Elaiochori, 1970

#5 The papas Spiro Jaskou celebrating the Mass. Elaiochori, 1970.

#6 A traditional wedding dance in Anogia, Greece, 1973.

#8 Tourists wade through the shallow water and board a fishing boat, Greece, 1974.

#11 A tourist visiting the palace of Knossos – the main sight of the island of Crete. Crete, 1970s

#12 An old woman with a pot full of pods. Greece, 1970s.

#13 Tourists visiting the acropolis of Lindos. Lindos, 1970s

#15 Joachim Fuchsberger and his wife Gundula sit together in the theater of Delphi, Greece 1970s.

#16 Joachim Fuchsberger poses with friends and colleagues for a group photo, circa 1970s.

#18 Houses on the hillside above the habour on the Greek island of Hydra, part of the Argo-Saronic group of Aegean islands.

#20 Actress Dyan Cannon wearing a mink coat as she visits the Acropolis, in Greece to star in the film ‘The Burglers’, Athens, March 23rd 1971.

#22 Tourists visiting an archaeological site. Greece, 1970s

#23 Candidates to the Miss Europe 1970 beauty contest taking part in a race of donkeys in Hydra Island, Greece.

#24 Jean-Paul Belmondo and Robert Hossein on the set of the film ‘Le casse’ directed by Henri Verneuil in 1971 in Athens, Greece.

#26 Ginette Camu and son, Olivier, in their house located in Patmos Greece, 1973.

#27 Ginette Camu, just out of water, standing beside window of house in Patmos, Greece, 1973.

#28 Polytechnic school of Athens, attacked by the army, has been ransacked by the police after that students were arrested.

#30 Two old men sitting in the street in a Greek island. Greece, 1970s

#31 Greece Prime Minister Georgios Papadopoulos is seen on arrival at the 6th Independence Day ceremony on April 21, 1973 in Athens.

#32 Soldiers line up on the street ahead of the 6th Independence Day ceremony on April 21, 1973 in Athens.

#33 Backgammon players in a bistro in Athens in July 1973, Greece.

#35 Nadia Isabelle Krumacker, French candidate during the Miss Universe competition in Athens on July 16, 1973.

#36 Nadia Isabelle Krumacker in Athens with a dancer in traditional costume, 1973.

#37 Participants in the Miss Universe competition in an ancient theater in Athens on July 16, 1973, Greece.

#38 Participants in the Miss Universe competition at their arrivals from Athens airport on July 16, 1973, Greece.

#39 Politician Andreas Papandreou waving from a balcony following the fall of the Greek military Junta, during a political rally, 1974.

#40 Greek actress Irene Papas kneading the dough in the film Christ Stopped at Eboli. Matera, 1978

#41 Debris of cars and buses after an attack in front of the Polytechnic school in Athens during martial law on November 20, 1973, Greece.

#42 Alexandros Panagoulis being kissed on the cheek by his mother on his release from prison as part of the new President’s amnesty as democracy returns to the country, Greece, August 23rd 1973.

#43 Voters in a polling station watched by a soldier during a referendum to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic, Athens July 29, 1973, Greece.

#44 General Anghelis during the referendum to abolish the monarchy and establish a republic, Athens July 29, 1973, Greece.

#45 Portrait of a Greek politician on the stall of a butcher’s shop in Athens on July 29, 1973, Greece.

#46 Released passengers of the hijacked Japan Airlines flight 404 get off an airplane on arrival at Athens International Airport on July 26, 1973

#47 Margarita Moran elected Miss Universe in Athens on July 21 in Athens, Greece.

#48 Participants in the Miss Universe competition in Athens on July 16, 1973, Greece.

#49 Bronwyn Trathen, who recently returned from Greece where shespent one year in Jail, 1947.

#50 Departure of the recalled at Athens station after the fall of the colonel regime on July 20, 1974, Greece.

#52 Joan Baez arrives at Athens Airport on July 30, 1974, Greece.

#53 Scenes of joy in the port of Athens on the return of the deportees from the Island of Varos, July 25, 1974, Greece.

#54 The Italian singer Al Bano, born Albano Carrisi, smiles with his wife Romina Power riding a mule. Greece, 1975

#55 The German actress and singer Dunja Rajter poses on vacation for the camera, circa 1975.

#56 German bass vocalist Ivan Rebroff with friends in the sea, Skopelos Greece circa 1975.

#57 Funeral of Aristotle Onassis on the island of Skorpios on March 18, 1975 in Greece.

#58 A crowd gathered around the open casket of Greek politician Alexandros Panagoulis at his funeral, 1976.

#59 Prime Minister Robert Muldoon of New Zealand laying a reef at a war memorial in Athens, 1978.

#60 Woman moving on mule, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, in 1978.

#61 Jeane Manson and Serge Lama during the French song olympiads at the Kappa club in Hydra, a pretty little island in Greece, May 1978.

#62 Umbrellas on the beach in Myconos in August 1978 in Greece.

#63 Tourist transport boat between the islands in August 1978 in Greece.

#64 Hippie backpacks on Mykonos Island, Greece, August 1978

#65 Tourists in a small village square on the island of Mykonos, September 1978 .

#66 Mary Roos, Maggie Maeon on vacation in Aegean Sea, Greece, 1978.

#67 Annie Girardot during the shooting of Philippe de Broca’s film ‘We stole the thigh of Jupiter’, Greece, 1979.

#68 Children playing during break time at their school in rural Crete, Lasithi, Greece, 1979.

#69 Greek Lady picking Apples, Lasithi Plateau, Crete, Greece. 1979.

#70 The German pop singer Costa Cordalis, in the Greek island of Corfu in August 1979.

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