GREECE-EPIRUS-IOANNINA-PAPINGO- DRAKOLIMNI
Drakolimni "Dragon Lake" is the name of several alpine or sub-alpine #lakes in northwestern Greece #Epirus region: the ones in #mountain Tymfi and Smolikas are the most widely known. A peculiar landscape!
GREECE-THRACE/RHODOPE-KOMOTINI-IASMOS
"The Thracian Meteora"several Huge Giant rocks standing in a unique wild beauty that impresses the visitor. Around them live eagles, deer, wild boars, wolves, wild cats and various species of reptiles, etc.
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GREECE-MACEDONIA-PIERIA- PLATAMONAS "Platamon Castle" An important part of the History of Pieria, is a Medieval Byzantine Crusader Castle built between 1204 - 1222, in northern Greece Macedonia, located southeast of Mount Olympus.
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@Desertedpicx Hey this Looks very similar to Anastasiopolis-Perithorion Ruins of the Byzantine city in Iasmos Greece.
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GREECE-CENTRAL GREECE/THESSALY-KARDITSA-PETRILO
Petrilo is a Village in Karditsa in the Central Greece Region of Greece, surrounded by densely overgrown forests, rivers, valleys.
#Greece#Mountains#Forest#River#Nature#Hiking
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"The Battle of the 300 Champions" was a #battle fought in roughly 546 BC between #Argos and #Sparta. Rather than commit full armies both sides agreed to pitting 300 of their best men against each other. https://t.co/pHeclepThQ
📷Argive hoplite warrior from Argos⚔️
GREECE-EPIRUS-PREVEZA-VRACHOS-LOUTSA BEACH
"The lovers beaches" Two small and well hidden beautiful sandy beaches located near Loutsa #Beach. The pine trees seem to touch the beaches and the blue color of the #Ionian#Sea.🎥Epirustravel eu
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GREECE-CHALKIDIKI-SITHONIA-SARTI
Kavourotripes or Orange #Beach is a string of dreamy beaches on the eastern coast tucked beneath thick pine forests with fine white sand & crystalline turquoise seas.
Church of Agios Nikolaos, haveseen Getty Images.
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"Pincer movement" The maneuver have first been used by Athenian general Miltiades at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC., The weaker central formations retreated. this allowed the wings to come together behind the Persian battle line. It drove the Persians to retreat in panic!⚔️
"The #Battle of Marathon" #Athens' underdog #victory stunned #Persia! The #Greek army decisively defeated the more numerous Persians The surprise defeat of the mighty Persian Empire in 490 B.C. began the Golden Age of Athens and the Greco-Persian wars.⚔️⚔️⚔️
"The #Greek victory at the #Naval Battle of Pampremis"
The #Athenian#fleet, fought a naval #battle with the Persians, in which 40 Greek #ships engaged 50 Persians ships, of which twenty were captured with their crews, and the remaining thirty sunk!⚔️⚓️
Lycurgus 820 B.C. was the legendary lawgiver of #Sparta who established the #military oriented reformation of Spartan #society in accordance with the #Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. All his reforms promoted the three Spartan virtues: equality, military fitness, & austerity.📍Sparta.
GREECE-SPORADES ISLANDS-TSOUGRIA ISLAND
A beautiful tongue-shaped sandy #beach, surrounded by crystal clear & shallow waters in the northern part of the small beautiful #Island Tsougria, remains virgin in a lush #vegetation.
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GREECE-SUNSET SPOTS-Agrilos-Xanthi-Nea Moudana
Greece has some of the most amazing spots to watch the sun dip into the sea -not only in Oia/Santorini.
#Greece#sunset#photography#nature#timelapse
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