{"id":276911,"date":"2026-06-20T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-the-technology-transforming-the-visitor-experience-in-greece\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:50:18","slug":"andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-the-technology-transforming-the-visitor-experience-in-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/20\/andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-the-technology-transforming-the-visitor-experience-in-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Andros AI, heritage and tourism: the technology transforming the visitor experience in Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2026\/06\/20\/andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-technology-transforms-the-visitor-experience\">Andros AI, heritage and tourism: the technology transforming the visitor experience in Greece<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2026\/06\/20\/andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-technology-transforms-the-visitor-experience\">https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2026\/06\/20\/andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-technology-transforms-the-visitor-experience<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-20 03:59:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.euronews.com\">www.euronews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Published on                 20\/06\/2026 &#8211; 9:59 GMT+2<span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     10:02\n                                        <\/p>\n<p>Andros\u2019s neoclassical mansions are the architectural hallmark of Chora. Most of them were built during the era of the island\u2019s great maritime boom, roughly 130 to 140 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>          <span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          <span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beyond economic prosperity, these stately homes chart the evolution of the island\u2019s society and economy. They feature neoclassical pediments, symmetrical fa\u00e7ades, elaborate marble balconies and carved front doors, dominated by local stone and the renowned Andros marble.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeoclassicism reaches Andros as an architectural movement at the end of the 19th century and gradually transforms a Cycladic settlement into a new town. They adopt neoclassical models and build large houses, driven mainly by the shipowners, the shipping circles of Andros. They draw inspiration and examples from other cities, especially Syros, Piraeus and Athens, but also from cities abroad. So they want to bring back to Andros what they see in other places,\u201d architect and researcher Nikos Vasilopoulos told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>The Goulandris and Embirikos families have left an indelible mark on the island\u2019s maritime and cultural heritage. In particular, through their choices and generous financial contributions, the Embirikos family largely defined the character and present-day image of Chora.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Embirikos family\u2019s view that the settlement should become a fully fledged town is reflected above all in the main square. For that reason they bought up plots, laid out the square and built a combined hospital and care home. They believed such an institution had to exist. They imagined that the town would continue to grow and that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2026\/06\/20\/andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-technology-transforms-the-visitor-experience\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andros AI, heritage and tourism: the technology transforming the visitor experience in Greece https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/travel\/2026\/06\/20\/andros-ai-heritage-and-tourism-technology-transforms-the-visitor-experience Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":276912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/79\/64\/36\/1200x675_cmsv2_f7e51b51-4855-5862-8406-bc483d3bea91-9796436.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276911"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276913,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276911\/revisions\/276913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}