Cine Manto Mykonos
Garden cinema screening films beneath pines, palms and cactus, named for a revolutionary heroine.
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This guide to Cine Manto Mykonos, an open-air cinema tucked behind the harbor and screened between sheltering pines and cactus, asks why the garden borrows its name from Manto Mavrogenous, a wealthy noblewoman born around 1796 in Trieste. You'll hear how she spent her own fortune outfitting warships and paying soldiers during the Greek Revolution of 1821, and how in October 1822 she stood on this very island helping lead its defense against a Turkish landing party. The guide follows what her fortune bought for Greece's fight for independence, long before this garden ever existed.
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