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Exploring Athens: A fusion of history and modernity
Physical features of Greece coastal islands, Aegean Sea, Greece Thíra, Greece Pindus Mountains
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Exploring Athens: A fusion of history and modernity
Overview of Athens.
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Exploring the Metéora monastery complex
Overview of Metéora, a group of monasteries in Thessaly, Greece.
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Academy of Athens
Academy of Athens.
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Physical features of Greece
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coastal islands, Aegean Sea, Greece
Coastal islands and bays of the Aegean Sea, Greece.
Josef Muench
Thíra, Greece
Thíra (Thera), Greece.
Ivan Massar/Black Star
Pindus Mountains
Píndos (Pindus) Mountains, Greece.
Bogdan Giusca
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (Ólympos) on the border of the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thessaly.
V-DIA—SCALA from Art Resource, New York
Thermopylae
Thermopýles (Thermopylae), central Greece.
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church of St. Sophia, Mistra, Greece
The church of St. Sophia at the ruined Byzantine city of Mistra, Greece, on a spur...
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island of Corfu (Kérkyra), Greece
Olive and cypress trees against the mountainous background of northern Corfu (Kérkyra),...
Ion Gardey/Robert Harding Picture Library, London
Kefloniá, Greece
Island of Kefaloniá (Cephallenia), Greece.
Yannismarou
Mytilene, Greece
The harbour and town of Mytilene, view from the citadel, Lésbos, Greece.
Tomas Friedmann/Photo Researchers
Portico of Philip V, Dílos, Greece.
Portico of Philip V, Dílos (Delos), Greece.
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Ródos, Greece
The western coast of the island of Ródos (Rhodes), Greece.
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Crete, Greece
Crete, Greece.
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bridge, Árachthos River, Greece
A 17th-century bridge over the Árachthos River, Árta, Greece.
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temple of Aphaea, Aíyina, Greece
The temple of Aphaea, Aíyina (Aegina), Greece.
Susan McCartney/Photo Researchers
maquis
Maquis (macchie) vegetation on the Mediterranean coast, near Sithonía, Greece.
Oleg Polunin
Poseidon riding dolphins
Ancient Greek mosaic showing the sea god Poseidon riding two dolphins.
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Greek Orthodox Easter service, Pátmos, Greece
Greek Orthodox priests from the monastery of St. John the Theologian celebrating...
© John Sims—CLICK/Chicago
Byzantine church of Áyios (Saint) Dimítrios, Thessaloníki, Greece
The Byzantine church of Áyios (Saint) Dimítrios, Thessaloníki (Thessalonica), Greece.
© Chris Hellier/Ancient Art & Architecture Collection
fort at Heraklion, Greece
Fort at Heraklion (Irákleio), Greece, built by the Venetians, who called the city...
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Mýkonos, Greece
Street on the island of Mýkonos (Míkonos), Greece.
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port of Mandrákion, Ródos, Greece
The new market (left) above the port of Mandrákion in the city of Ródos (Rhodes),...
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port of Ýdra, Greece
The port of Ýdra (Hydra), Greece.
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Piraeus, the port of Athens
The harbour at Piraeus, the port of Athens, on the Saronic Gulf, Greece.
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parliament building, Athens
Parliament building, Athens, Greece.
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poster from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
An official poster from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
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acropolis of Lindos, Ródos, Greece
The natural citadel of the acropolis of Lindos was successively fortified by the...
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Kayaköy, Turkey: church ruins
Church in the abandoned village of Kayaköy, near Fethiye, southwestern Turkey. Kayaköy...
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Kayaköy, Turkey
Abandoned buildings of Kayaköy, near Fethiye, southwestern Turkey. Kayaköy was deserted...
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Greek protesters
Greeks protesting against austerity measures required by the European Union–International...
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euro-zone debt crisis
Demonstrators protesting against the austerity measures implemented by the Greek...
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Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras, 2012.
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 2019.
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Kavála
Kavála, Greece.
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Crete
Inset map of Crete (Candia), Greece, from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia...
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National anthem of Greece
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