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Historic Walking Area Attractions In South Aegean

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Historic Walking Area Attractions In South Aegean

  • 1. Medieval City Rhodes Town
    Rhodes is the principal city and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It has a population of approximately 90,000 in its metropolitan area. Rhodes has been famous since antiquity as the site of Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The citadel of Rhodes, built by the Hospitalliers, is one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe, which in 1988 was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city of Rhodes is an important urban center and popular international tourist destination.
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  • 3. Western Archaeological Zone Kos Town
    Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley. The city lies 710 metres above sea level, 15 kilometres northwest of the artificial lake Polyfytos, 120 km south-west of Thessaloniki, between the mountains Pieria, Vermio, Vourinos and Askio. The population of the Kozani municipality is over 70,000 people. The climate of the area is continental with cold and dry winters, and hot summers. Kozani is the home of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia and the University of Western Macedonia, with about 15,000 students from all over Greece and other places. It is also the seat of West Macedonia's court of appeal, police depar...
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  • 4. Church of Christ Kos
    The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is one of the fourteen autocephalous churches that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, currently Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople. Because of its historical location at the capital of the former Eastern Roman Empire and its role as the Mother Church of most modern Orthodox churches, the Ecumenical Patriarchate holds a special place of honor within Orthodoxy and serves as the seat for the Ecumenical Patriarch, who enjoys the status of Primus inter pares among the world's Eastern Orthodox prelates and is regarded by some as the representative and spiritual leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians.The Ecumenical Patriarchate promotes the expansion of the ...
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  • 5. Temple of Dionysus Naxos
    The Temple of Dionysus was a sanctuary on ancient Naxos dedicated to Dionysos. Naxos was one of the cult centers of Dionysos in Ancient Greece, and the sanctuary at Naxos was one of his main temples along with the temple in Thebes. The site of the sanctuary was a place for a fertility cult as early as 1400 BC. Several temples was constructed on the site prior to the final temple. If still in use by the 4th-century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, when the Christian Emperors issued edicts prohibiting non-Christian worship. The site has been subjected to escavations since 1986.
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  • 6. Sunset in Oia Oia
    Oia or Ia is a small village and former community in the South Aegean on the islands of Thira and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality of Santorini, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the whole island of Therasia and the northwesternmost part of Santorini, which it shares with the municipal unit of Santorini. The main street is named Nikolaou Nomikou. The population was 1,545 inhabitants at the 2011 census, and the land area is 19.449 km2.Oia was previously known as Apano Meria , a name which still occurs locally as Pano Meria, and the inhabitants are still called Apanomerites . The Ancient Greek Oia was one of the two harbours of ancient Thera and was located in the southeast of the island, where Kamari is n...
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