Greece, Part II
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Transcript of Greece, Part II
If you want to listen the Greek National Anthem,
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The Greek National Anthem
Imagery and text : compiled from several Net sites
Conception and format : Delza Dias Ferreira [email protected]
Revision and English version : Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães
Musics : Melina Merkouri - Ta paidia tou Pirea Mikis Theodorakis – “Syrtaki”
SECOND PART
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Column 450-330 B. C. photo by Aimilios
Petrou
1. Attica2. Central Greece – Continental3. Central Macedonia4. Crete5. East Macedonia and Thrace6. Epirus7. Ionean Islands8. North Aegean9. Peloponese10. South Aegean11. Thessaly12. West Greece13. West Macedonia
Greece (Greek: Ελλάδα ), officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country whose mainland and most of its islands are in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula.Ancient Greece is often referred to as "the cradle of Western civilization”. The first known Greek civilizations dates from 3000 B. C. Administratively, Greece consists of 13 peripheries subdivided into a total of 54 prefectures. There is also one autonomous area, Mount Athos (Agio Oros, "Holy Mountain"), in Macedonia Periphery.
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - The Arch of Galerius
Thessaloniki - Aristotelous Square. Thessaloniki is Greece's second largest city and a major economic, industrial, commercial
and cultural center.
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Iktinou street in the center
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - a magical city
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Aristotelous Square with Olympion Theatre on the left.
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - The seafront Nikis Avenue
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki City Walls
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Music Hall
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Part of Thessaloniki's old market (Modiano-Kapani)
Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Heraklion or Iraklion
Greece – 4 Crete
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Greece – 4 Crete
Agios Nikolaos at sunset
Vergina - A diadem from 4th century BC discovered in
one of the Macedonian royal tombs.
Greece – 4 Crete
Hania - the old Venetian port. Hania is one of the most beautiful Greek towns and the old port, one of the most
romantic places in Greece.
Greece – 4 Crete
Tertsa - one of a few hippies living on Crete and his donkey
Greece – 4 Crete
Rethimno - an old Venetian port
Greece – 4 Crete
Lasithi - Christos Neophytou
Greece – 4 Crete
Xanthi - on the road to Fanari
Greece – 5 East Macedonia
Kavala from Citadel
Greece – 5 East Macedonia
Chios – Pirgi – a place where somebody has a chance to live in
medieval houses with modern conveniences.
Greece – 8 North Aetean
Molyvos (Mythymna) – Lesvos – meal in a restaurant…
Greece – 8 North Aetean
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Greece – 8 North Aetean
Chios – Avgonima – A village of 11th century. The houses are built of stone with characteristic small windows which were used as loopholes against
possible attacks of pirates.
Kastoria - Greek dancers
Greece – 13 West Macedonia
Rhodes - Commercial Harbor and Arnaldus Gate
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Dodekanisos
Rhodes - Comercial Harbor
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Dodekanisos
Antiparos - parade at national day 25 Mars
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Naoussa - Naoussa's Carnival Festivities
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Santorini – Fira – Fira is the capital of the island .
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Tinos
Santorini - Fira, Caldera - Nea Kameni
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Santorini – Oia - arrival, with view of the donkey trail
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Santorini – Oia - the city is at the top of the caldera of a volcano
Koufonissia - nude and dance
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Mykonos - Taverns below the Church of the Panagia Portiano.
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Syros
Now… from Syros, we leave the Islands…
Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
while…
… somewhere in Greece , a happy man dances
“Syrtaki”...
The End