Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy and major developments in philosophy, literature, science, and the arts. Some key facts:
- Athens is the capital and largest city, located in the Attica region, with over 3,400 years of history.
- Greece has 18 UNESCO World Heritage sites and a long coastline and many islands that attract tourism, with destinations like Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, and Crete.
- Major ancient sites include the Acropolis of Athens with the Parthenon, the archaeological sites of Delphi and Mycenae, and the open-air museum of Delos.
- Medieval sites like
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy and major developments in philosophy, literature, science, and the arts. Some key facts:
- Athens is the capital and largest city, located in the Attica region, with over 3,400 years of history.
- Greece has 18 UNESCO World Heritage sites and a long coastline and many islands that attract tourism, with destinations like Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, and Crete.
- Major ancient sites include the Acropolis of Athens with the Parthenon, the archaeological sites of Delphi and Mycenae, and the open-air museum of Delos.
- Medieval sites like
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy and major developments in philosophy, literature, science, and the arts. Some key facts:
- Athens is the capital and largest city, located in the Attica region, with over 3,400 years of history.
- Greece has 18 UNESCO World Heritage sites and a long coastline and many islands that attract tourism, with destinations like Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, and Crete.
- Major ancient sites include the Acropolis of Athens with the Parthenon, the archaeological sites of Delphi and Mycenae, and the open-air museum of Delos.
- Medieval sites like
Greece • Official name: Hellenic Republic • Capital: Athens • Currency: Euro • Official Language: Greek • Foreign Language: English, German, French, Italian • National Flag: The Sky and White • National Flower: Acanthus mollis (Bear’s Breech) THE CRADLE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
GREECE is considered the cradle of Western civilisation
being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, Western drama and the Olympic Games TOURISM • Greece has been a major tourist destination and attraction in Europe since the 1970s for its rich culture and history
• 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
• Long coastline, many islands, and beaches
• Its capital city Athens, as well
as Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Corfu, Crete and Chalkidice are some of the country's major tourist destinations
• In recent years, Greece has also promoted religious tourism and pilgrimages to
regions with a significant historical religious presence, such as the Christian monasteries in Meteora and Mount Athos THE CAPITAL • Athens is the capital and largest city in Greece • Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence started somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC MONASTIRAKI SQUARE Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the principal shopping districts in Athens. Coffee shops in streets of Plaka Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture Glorious Masterpieces Of The Ancient Times
• Greece is home to marvelous monuments and
UNESCO heritage sites. • Acropolis in Athens and its stunning museum • The archaeological site of Delphi • The open-air island museum of Delos • The stunning Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki • The archaeological site of Mycenae • The breathtaking medieval Old Town of Rhodes. THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF DELPHI The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of the world'. Blending harmoniously with the superb landscape and charged with sacred meaning, Delphi in the 6th century B.C. was indeed the religious centre and symbol of unity of the ancient Greek world. OPEN-AIR ISLAND MUSEUM OF DELOS Delos The sacred island of the ancient Greeks, near Mykonos. An incredible open-air museum, part of the World Heritage sites of UNESCO since 1990 ROTUNDA – One of Byzantine Monuments of THESSALONIKI The city of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, Greece, for several centuries the second-most important city of the Byzantine Empire, played an important role for Christianity during the Middle Ages and was decorated by impressive buildings. THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF MYCENAE Mycenae was a fortified late Bronze Age city located between two hills on the Argolid plain of the Peloponnese, Greece THE MEDIEVAL OLD TOWN OF RHODES Rhodes' nickname is The Island of the Knights, named after the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, who ruled the island from 1310 to 1522. The Medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site Beaches & Islands • Santorini is probably the most popular Greek Island • The Greek islands with the best beaches are Crete, Naxos, Paros, Ios, Milos, Mykonos, and Rhodes. SANTORINI Santorini’s white buildings, windmills and blue domes CRETE Agios Nikolaos or Aghios Nikolaos is a coastal town on the Greek island of Crete Pilgrimages • For Orthodox Christians around the world, the monasteries in Greece are places of major pilgrimages and are ideal for religious trips to Greece. • Almost always built-in beautiful locations, often on the sites of ancient temples and sanctuaries, the monasteries symbolise the human attempt to transcend the earthly. • Meteora and Mount Athos are just some of the most famous. METEORA The area of Meteora was originally settled by monks who lived in caves within the rocks during the 11th Century. The monasteries attracted not only the deeply religious, but the philosophers, poets, painters and the deep thinkers of Greece. Today only six of the monasteries are active. MOUNT ATHOS The Holy Mount Athos is an autonomous and self-governed territory of Greece. It occupies the whole of the third peninsula of Halkidiki Greece THANK YOU