Experiences labelled with 'tsarouhis'
Buckingham Palace is not the only place to see the changing of the guard. You can also experience this in Athens, twenty-four times every day. Around the clock, two guards called the Evzones keep a watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Hellenic Parliament in Syntagma Square of Athens. The two guards on duty switch their positions every 20 minutes, and remain completely motionless until the next switch. Every hour, on the hour, the two soldiers perform the elaborate ceremony of changing of the guard with two replacement Evzones who arrive from the Guard Barracks located behind the Parliament Building. The guards’ particular marching style consists of a normal march with intervals of striking the ground with their right foot. During the ...
