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Elliniko. Coordinates. 37°53′11″N 23°44′29″E / 37.8865°N 23.7414°E / 37.8865; 23.7414. Area. Athens. Website. theellinikon.com.gr. The Hellenikon Metropolitan Park (also called "the Ellinikon") [1] is an urban development under construction in Hellinikon, Athens, Greece, on the site of the former Hellenikon International ...
The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance ...
The territorial expansion of Greece, 1832–1947. The Megali Idea (Greek: Μεγάλη Ιδέα, romanized: Megáli Idéa, lit. 'Great Idea') [1] is a nationalist [2][3] and irredentist concept that expresses the goal of reviving the Byzantine Empire, [4] by establishing a Greek state, which would include the large Greek populations that were ...
Greece, [a] officially the Hellenic Republic, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the ...
Architecture was built using bated and phenixes-a special type of grass in Greece mixed in white paste. Urban plan of Patras, 1830. The architecture of the modern Greek cities, especially the old centres ("old towns") is mostly influenced either by the Ottoman or the Venetian architecture, two forces that dominated the Greek space from the early modern period.
Project awards. The WikiProject Greece Barnstar is the project's official award, to be bestowed on anyone who has made significant contributions to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Greece-related articles or to the project itself. It may be awarded by any user, and project members are encouraged to use it to recognize the outstanding work of ...
In 2019, Greece's Central Archaeological Council approved a restoration of the interior cella's north wall (along with parts of others). The project will reinstate as many as 360 ancient stones, and install 90 new pieces of Pentelic marble, minimizing the use of new material as much as possible. The eventual result of these restorations will be ...
Gold, Copper. Owner. Company. Eldorado Gold. Year of acquisition. 2012. The Skouries mine is a high-grade gold-copper porphyry deposit located in the Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece. It is currently under development by Eldorado Gold and is planned to be an open pit and underground mine. Production is targeted in 2019.