Famous TEMPLES

A temple is a building which is used for spiritual rituals and activities, such as prayer and ritual offerings. Religions … More

Greek Cuisine

Greek cuisine, as with many other Mediterranean cuisines, it is founded on a triad of wheat, olive oil (which is used in most … More

Literary Settings Quiz, Part 2: The Greeks and Romans

Preclassical (800–500 BC): 1. The ancient city of Ilium, the setting of Homer’s Iliad and which currently lies in the … More

120 Favorite UNESCO Sites, Part II (21-40) – Delisting

World Heritage sites may lose their designation when the UNESCO World Heritage Committee determines that they are not properly managed or protected. A … More

120 Favorite UNESCO Sites, Part I (1-20) – Origin

UNESCO (or the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of … More

The Mediterranean, Part 2: Ionian Sea

The Ionian Sea is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean, which borders it to the south. It is also connected to the Adriatic Sea in … More

The Mediterranean, Part 1: Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is a large elongated bay of the Mediterranean, located between Europe’s Balkan Peninsula to the west and Asia’s Anatolia Peninsula to the east. It is about 83,000 … More

Kahal Shalom Synagogue

The Sephardic synagogue of Kahal Shalom, located in the Jewish Quarter of Old Town Rhodes, known as La Juderia, dates back to 1577 AD … More

Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas

The Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, located in the city of Chania on the Greek island of Crete, was first … More

Santorini, Part 2: Firá

The crescent-shaped island of Santorini, located in the southernmost part of the Cyclades Islands in the Greek Aegean, is actually … More

Santorini, Part 1: Oia

Santorini, one of Greece’s Cyclades Islands in the Aegean Sea, is arguably one of the prettiest islands in the world. … More

Taste of Greece

Overlooking the eastern shore of beautiful Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun), the annual 3-day Taste of Greece festival features … More

Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Cruises was originally founded in 1988 by the Greece-based shipping company Chandris Group to operate upmarket cruises to Bermuda. It … More

Chania Harbor

Chania Harbor, in northwestern Crete, is dotted with several distinctive and easily recognizable landmarks, including the Venetian Dockyards (bottom), the … More

The Greek Flag

The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the “sky-blue – white”, is based on nine … More

Mediterranean Sea Ports, Part 1: Piraeus

Piraeus is a port city in Greece, located 7 miles southwest of Athens’ city center, along the east coast of … More

Mykonos, Part 2: Paraportiani Church

Among other things, the Greek island of Mykonos is known for its Cycladic architecture, marked by white-washed streets and houses, … More

Acropolis of Athens

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains … More

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

This museum in Athens, Greece contains the richest collection of artifacts from Greek antiquity worldwide, from prehistory to late antiquity, and is considered one … More

Medieval Rhodes

Rhodes, the largest of the Dodecanese Islands in Greece, was occupied by the Knights of St. John from 1309 to … More

Mykonos, Part 1: Chora Windmills

This iconic landmark in the Cyclades is appropriately found on the island of Mykonos in Greece, known as the “Island … More

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