The article explores how studying monuments and ceremonies from the Dictatorship of April 21 in Greece can help us understand the regime better. By looking at the rituals and symbols used by the dictatorship, we can learn more about its quest for legitimacy and the characteristics of the regime. The researchers suggest that these rituals were not just displays of power but had real political effects. The fall of the dictatorship in 1974 marked the beginning of a more stable period of democracy in Greece.