The document provides information about Greece, including its geography, history, and political divisions. It then shares photos from various regions of Greece, including Central Macedonia, Crete, East Macedonia, North Aegean, West Macedonia, and the South Aegean islands. The photos showcase cities, landscapes, cultural events and attractions from across the country.

1. If you want to listen the
Greek National Anthem,
please click down and give some
seconds to the Real Player to download:
The Greek National Anthem

2. SECOND PART
Imagery and text : compiled from several Net sites
Conception and format : Delza Dias Ferreira
delzadfer@gmail.com
Revision and English version : Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães
Musics : Melina Merkouri - Ta paidia tou Pirea
Mikis Theodorakis – “Syrtaki”
http://culturesandart.blogspot.com

3. 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.
1. Attica
2. Central Greece – Continental
3. Central Macedonia
4. Crete
5. East Macedonia and Thrace
6. Epirus
7. Ionean Islands
8. North Aegean
9. Peloponese
Column 450-330 B. C. 10. South Aegean
photo by Aimilios Petrou 11. Thessaly
12. West Greece
13. West Macedonia

4. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - The Arch of Galerius

5. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Aristotelous Square. Thessaloniki is Greece's second largest city
and a major economic, industrial, commercial and cultural center.

6. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Iktinou street in the center

7. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - a magical city

8. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Aristotelous Square with Olympion Theatre on the left.

9. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - The seafront Nikis Avenue

10. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Thessaloniki City Walls

11. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Thessaloniki - Music Hall

12. Greece – 3 Central Macedonia
Part of Thessaloniki's old market (Modiano-Kapani)

13. Greece – 4 Crete
Heraklion or Iraklion

14. Greece – 4 Crete
. Agios Nikolaos at sunset

15. Greece – 4 Crete
Vergina - A diadem from 4th century BC discovered in
one of the Macedonian royal tombs.

16. 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.

17. Greece – 4 Crete
Tertsa - one of a few hippies living on Crete and his donkey

18. Greece – 4 Crete
Rethimno - an old Venetian port

19. Greece – 4 Crete
Lasithi - Christos Neophytou

20. Greece – 5 East Macedonia
Xanthi - on the road to Fanari

21. Greece – 5 East Macedonia
Kavala from Citadel

22. Greece – 8 North Aetean
Chios – Pirgi – a place where somebody has a chance to live in
medieval houses with modern conveniences.

23. Greece – 8 North Aetean
Molyvos (Mythymna) – Lesvos – meal in a restaurant…

24. Greece – 8 North Aetean
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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.

25. Greece – 13 West Macedonia
Kastoria - Greek dancers

26. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Dodekanisos
Rhodes - Commercial Harbor and Arnaldus Gate

27. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Dodekanisos
Rhodes - Comercial Harbor

28. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Antiparos - parade at national day 25
Mars

29. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Naoussa - Naoussa's Carnival Festivities

30. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Santorini – Fira – Fira is the capital of the island .

31. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Tinos

32. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Santorini - Fira, Caldera - Nea Kameni

33. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Santorini – Oia - arrival, with view of the donkey trail

34. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Santorini – Oia - the city is at the top of the caldera of a volcano

35. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Koufonissia - nude and dance

36. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Mykonos - Taverns below the Church of the Panagia Portiano.

37. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Syros

38. Greece – 10 South Aegean - Kyklades
Now… from Syros, we leave the Islands…

39. while…

40. … somewhere in Greece ,
a happy man dances “Syrtaki”...

41. The End