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A list of the amazing wonders that man made in the whole Greek country side. Why let Mountains, Lakes and Rives outclass the archaic places of worship and battle?

Category: History

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Created by: KSGRAM

Number of Blossarys: 9

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Mystras is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sparti, of which it is a municipal unit. ...

Domain: Geography; History; Category: Geography; Ancient history

Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 kilometres southwest of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. Argos is 11 kilometres to the south; Corinth, 48 kilometres to the ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient history

Daphni or Dafni, is an 11th-century Byzantine monastery 11 km north-west of central Athens in the suburb of Chaidari, south of Athinon Avenue. It is situated near the forest of the same name, on the ...

Domain: History; Category: Medieval

The Metéora, lit. "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" — etymologically related to "Meteorite") is one of the largest and most ...

Domain: Geography; Category: Geography

Hosios Loukas, is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been ...

Domain: Religion; Category: General religion

The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, in the southern region of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city, in a low, marshy river basin near the sea. The Late ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

Epidaurus, was a small city (polis) in ancient Greece, at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidauros: Palaia Epidauros and Nea Epidauros. Since 2010 they belong to the new ...

Domain: History; Category: Ancient Greece

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