Unesco Heritage Sites
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Acropolis, Athens
Archaeological Site of Delphi
Archaeological Site of Epidaurus
In a small valley in the Peloponnesus, the site of Epidaurus sprawls out over several levels. The cult of Asclepius first began there in the 6th century B.C., but the principal monuments, particularly the theatre – considered one of the purest masterpieces of Greek architecture – date from the 4th century. The vast site is a tribute to the healing cults of Greek and Roman times, with temples and hospital buildings devoted to its gods.
Archaeological Site of Olympia
Archaeological Site of Vergina
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Delos
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos
Medieval City of Rhodes
Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas and Nea Moni of Chios
Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries (the first is in Attica, near Athens, the second in Phocida near Delphi, and the third on an island in the Aegean Sea, near Asia Minor) belong to the same typological series and share the same aesthetic characteristics. The churches are built on a cross-in-square plan with a large dome supported by squinches defining an octagonal space. In the 11th and 12th centuries they were decorated with superb marble works as well as mosaics on a gold background, all characteristic of the 'second golden age of Byzantine art'. |
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Greece in Europe (map)
Form of government: unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house
Chief of state: President
Head of government: Prime Minister
Official religion: The autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church has special recognition per the constitution
Population estimate: (2005) 11,088,000
Total area (sq km): 131,957
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Mystras
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. The remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and a spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well as the Heraion, temple of the Samian Hera, can still be seen.
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Reference: Unesco
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