Italian colonists in the Dodecanese period, and destroyed all other Ottoman buildings that weren't of importance. Furthermore, in those years an "Institute for the study of the History and Culture of the Dodecanese region" was established, and major infrastructure work was done to modernize Rhodes. Buildings like the Aquarium were built, mainly in art deco style. Indeed, in all the Dodecanese islands remains a huge architectural legacy from the Italian colonists. Here are some examples: Italian colonists in the Dodecanese Italian colonists were settled in the Dodecanese Islands of the Aegean Sea in the 1930s by the Fascist Italian government of Benito Mussolini, Italy having
Greek settlement in the Philippines Greek settlement in the Philippines Greek settlement in the Philippines is a small community of descendants of ethnic Greeks who settled the country since the Spanish colonization of the country. According to some historical accounts, there were already Greek settlers in the country as early as the 18th century, most are sailors and traders, and fishermen. During the early 20th century, a number of Greek sailors and immigrants came to the country and settled. One group came to the city of Legazpi on the island of Luzon who kept their Greek identities and have become distinguished public figures and intellectuals