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The monastic community of Mount Athos is an Eastern Orthodox community of monks in Greece who hold the status of an autonomous region with its own sovereignty within Greece and the European Union, [4] [5] as well as the combined rights of a decentralized administration, a region and a municipality, with a territory encompassing the distal part of the Athos peninsula including Mount Athos.
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo ( US: / ˌkɑːstəˈlɔːrɪzoʊ /; [ 3] Greek: Καστελλόριζο, romanized : Kastellórizo ), officially Megisti ( Μεγίστη Megísti ), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean. [ 4][ 5] It lies roughly 2 kilometres (1 mile) off the south coast of Turkey ...
Chimera (mythology) According to Greek mythology, [ 1] the Chimera, Chimaera, Chimæra, or Khimaira ( / kaɪˈmɪərə, kɪ -/ ky-MEER-ə, kih-; Ancient Greek: Xίμαιρα, romanized : Chímaira, lit. 'she-goat') [ 2] was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts.
The Monastery of the Holy Trinity ( Greek: Μονή Αγίας Τριάδος) (also known as Agia Triada, Ayías Triádhos, Ayia Triada; all meaning "Holy Trinity") is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in central Greece, situated in the Peneas Valley northeast of the town of Kalambaka. It is situated at the top of a rocky precipice over 400 metres ...
The A1 motorway is the oldest and most important motorway of Greece, connecting the country's largest cities, Athens and Thessaloniki and passing through many important regions of Greece on a south-north direction. Section Chalastra - Evzonoi was constructed earlier as an expressway, with no upgrade planned.
Kavala. Chania. Mytilene. Corfu (city) Rhodes (city) Agrinio. Veria. The lowest level of census-designated places in Greece are called oikismoi ( settlements) and are the smallest continuous built-up areas with a toponym designated for the census. Although some urban CDPs form individual cities and towns (labeled in bold) the majority of them ...
Ithaca's main island has an area of 96 square kilometres (37 sq mi) and in 2021 had a population of 2,862. It is the second-smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi. Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit.
The Demographics of Greece refer to the demography of the population that inhabits the Greek peninsula. The population of Greece was estimated by the United Nations to be 10,445,365 in 2021 (including displaced refugees ).