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Greece is a nation in Europe. Its capital is Athens.

Greece 

republic in Southeast Europe
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Instance of	sovereign state
Named after	Greeks
Location	Balkans, Southern Europe, Greece
Located in or next to body of water	Mediterranean Sea
Located on terrain feature	Balkans, Southern Europe
Capital	Athens (1834)
Legislative body	Hellenic Parliament
Executive body	Government of Greece
Official language	Greek Demotic Greek
Anthem	Hymn to Liberty
Currency	euro (2002)
Head of state	Prokopis Pavlopoulos (2015)
Head of government	Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2019)
Has part	Greek Islands
Inception	25 March 1821 (in Julian calendar)
Highest point	Mount Olympus (2,919 metre)
Population	10,760,421 (2017)
Area	131,957 km²
Top-level Internet domain	.gr
official website
38° 30′ 00″ N, 23° 00′ 00″ E
Authority control  Q41 ISNI: 0000 0004 0555 2357 VIAF ID: 259064522 GND ID: 4022047-3 Library of Congress authority ID: n80046090 Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 118727476 National Diet Library Auth ID: 00562473 OSM relation ID: 192307 Open Library ID: OL114762A NKCR AUT ID: ge131737 National Library of Israel identifier: 000979098 US National Archives Identifier: 10035789
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Emblems / Badges

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  Ελληνική σημαία
  Flag of Greece (since 1978)

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  Εθνόσημο
  Coat of Arms

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  Παλαιότερη Ελληνική σημαία
  Flag of Greece (1828-1978)

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  Σημαία της περιφέρειας της Μακεδονίας
  Flag of Macedonia

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  Ελληνική σημαία σε χρήση κατά την ελληνική επανάσταση
  Greek flag used during the Greek revolution(1821-1830)

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  Σημαία που χρησιμοποιείται απτην Ορθόδοξη Ελληνική Εκκλησία
  Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church

Maps

Maps are also available as part of the Wikimedia Atlas of the World project in the Atlas of Greece .

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  Τοποθεσία
  Localisation
  Situation
  Lage
  Localização
  Localizzazione
  מיקום

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  Νομοί της Ελλάδας
  Prefectures of Greece
  Préfectures de la Grèce
  Präfekturen Griechenlands
  Prefeituras da Grécia
  Prefetture della Grecia
  מחוזות יוון

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  Γεωφυσικός χάρτης Πελοποννήσου
  Geophysical map of the Peloponnese
  Carte géophysique de Péloponnèse
  Geophysische Landkarte des Peloponnes
  Mapa geofísica do Peloponeso
  Mappa geofisica del Peloponneso
  מפה גיאופיזית של פלופונסוס

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  Μακεδονία
  Macedonia
  Macédoine
  Makedonien
  Macedónia
  Macedonia
  Macedonia
  מקדוניה

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  Greece total fertility rate by region, 2014

Landscape and Nature

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  Corinth Canal

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  Crete, Aradaina Gorge

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  Crete, Samaria Gorge

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  Crete, Sfakia

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  Epirus, Vikos Gorge

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  Kefalonia, Lake Melissani

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  Kefalonia, Myrtos beach

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  Meteora

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  Mount Olympus

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  Nea Kameni,
  Volcano crater

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  Rhodes, Arhangelos Bay

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  Santorini caldera

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  Santorini Island Coastline. Greece, Aegean Sea

Panoramic view of Greek towns

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  Athens

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  Athens, port of Piraeus

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  Corfu, Old town

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  Crete, Chania

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  Crete, Heraklion

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  Crete, Hora Sfakion

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  Crete, Rethymno

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  Hydra

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  Metsovo

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  Monemvasia, southern Peloponnese

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  Mykonos

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  Nafplion

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  Naupactus

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  Naxos Chora

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  Naxos Filoti

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  Paros Parikia

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  Paros Piso Livadi

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  Rhodes City

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  Rhodes, Lindos

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  Santorini, Fira

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  Santorini, Oia

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  Syros, Hermoupolis

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  Thessaloniki

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  Santorini Mule Path (panoramic), Fira, Santorini island (Thira), Greece

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  Panoramic view of the Catholic quarter of Fira, Fira, Santorini island (Thira), Greece

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  Panoramic view of Oia, Santorini island (Thira), Greece

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  Panoramic view of Fira coast line, Santorini island (Thira), Greece

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  Panoramic skies over Oia Santorini island (Thira), Greece

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  Oian coast waters (panoramic landscape). Santorini island (Thira), Greece

Ancient architecture

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  Aegina, Temple of Aphaia

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  Athens, Acropolis

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  Athens, Hephaisteion

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  Near Athens, Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion

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  Corinth, Roman thermae

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  Crete, Knossos Palace of ancient king Minos

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  Delphi, Tholos

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  Dodona, ancient theatre

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  Epidaurus, ancient theatre

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  Naxos, Temple of Apollo or Portara

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  Pella Macedonia, ancient ruins

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  Rhodes, Acropolis stadium

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  Rhodes, Acropolis of Lindos

Medieval and religious architecture

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  Athens,
  Theotokos Gorgoepikoos and Ayios Eleytherios

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  Chalkidiki,
  Monastery of Mount Athos

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  Crete,
  Arkadi Monastery

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  Crete,
  Heraklion Cathedral

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  Mystras Palace, Peloponnese

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  Paros,
  Panagia Ekatondapyliani

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  Rhodes,
  Avenue of the Knights

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  Syros,
  Hermoupolis Cathedral

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  Thessaloniki,
  Panagia Chalkeon

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  Tinos,
  Panagia Evangelistria

Architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries

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  Athens,
  Parliament, formely Royal palace

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  Athens, Academy

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  Rhodes, Building from the Italian era of the Island

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  Athens, appartment house of the 1920s

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  Thessaloniki,
  Noesis Science Center&Technology Museum

Greek cuisine

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  Greek salad

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  Gigantes

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  Pastitsio

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  Koulouri on the streets of Athens

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  An old restaurant in Athens

Traditional costumes

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  Athens Evzones

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  Crete Vraka

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  Epirus Kourenta

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  Macedonia Baltza

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  Macedonia Roumlouki

Ancient art

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  Fresco from Knossos palace.

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  Poseidon

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  Apollo of Olympia

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  Aphrodite of Knidos

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  Caryatides

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  Sculptures of the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.Olympia Archaeological Museum.

Modern Greek art

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  Dominikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco, 1541-1614)

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  Nikiforos Lytras (1832-1904)

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  Georgios Jakobides (1853-1932)

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  Ioannis Avramides

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  Alekos Fassianos

Σημαντικοί Έλληνες (Significant modern Greeks)

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  Emmanuel Chrysoloras

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  Dominikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco)

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  Rigas Feraios

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  Adamantios Korais

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  Alexandros Ypsilantis

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  Theodoros Kolokotronis

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  Laskarina Bouboulina

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  Ioannis Kapodistrias

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  Georgios Jakobides

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  Elefthterios Venizelos

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  Constantin Cavafy

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  Constantin Caratheodory

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  Aristoteles Onassis

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  Iannis Xenakis

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  Cornelius Castoriadis

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  Giorgos Seferis

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  Angelos Sikelianos

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  Nikos Engonopoulos

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  Melina Mercouri

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  Mikis Theodorakis