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Wikipedia: Greece, also known as Hellas and officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. The country has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
![[Fira,Santorini.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/12063_Santorin_Fira_de_nuit_s.jpg "Fira,Santorini.")
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![[Egnatia Highway in Northern Greece.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/A2_Motorway_2C_Greece_Section_Ioannina_Driskos_Driskos_Tunnel_2C_southern_entry_03_s.jpg "Egnatia Highway in Northern Greece.")
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![[Panorama of Nafplion, first capital of modern Greece.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nafplion_view_from_Palamidi_castle_s.jpg "Panorama of Nafplion, first capital of modern Greece.")
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![[View of Samaria Gorge,Crete.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Samaria_Gorge_04_s.jpg "View of Samaria Gorge,Crete.")
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![[Frigate [[Hydra class frigate]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HS_Psara_F454_s.jpg "Frigate [[Hydra class frigate")
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![[Two Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000 preparing for take off.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HAF_Mirage_2000_283_29_s.jpg "Two Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000 preparing for take off.")
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![[Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000 preparing for take off.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mirage_2000_of_Hellenic_Air_Force_s.jpg "Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000 preparing for take off.")
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![[Rio-Antirio bridge.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BrugPatras_s.jpg "Rio-Antirio bridge.")
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![[Panorama of the city.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/20090728_palamidi96_s.jpg "Panorama of the city.")
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![[View of the harbour of Rhodes (city), capital of Dodecanese.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Rhodes_harbour_s.jpg "View of the harbour of Rhodes (city), capital of Dodecanese.")
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![[The promenade.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kostur_iujniat_kei_s.jpg "The promenade.")
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![[Florina, Northern Greece.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Florina_28city_29_2C_Florina_prefecture_2C_Greece_From_the_Northwest_28National_Road_2_to_Vigla_29_02_s.jpg "Florina, Northern Greece.")
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from Christaras A |
![[Elias Beach on the Greek island of Mykonos.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elias_Beach_on_Mykonos_2_s.jpg "Elias Beach on the Greek island of Mykonos.")
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![[View of Mount Olympus from Litochoro.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Olympus_Litochoro_2_s.jpg "View of Mount Olympus from Litochoro.")
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![[The Hellenic Parliament in central Athens.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hellenic_Parliament_from_high_above_2_s.jpg "The Hellenic Parliament in central Athens.")
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![[The Hermoupolis port in the island of Syros is the capital of the Cyclades.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Brainsik_ermoupoli_s.jpg "The Hermoupolis port in the island of Syros is the capital of the Cyclades.")
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from Brainsik |
![[The port of Volos city in Thessaly region.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Volos_bynight_s.jpg "The port of Volos city in Thessaly region.")
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![[King Constantine I and Eleftherios Venizelos in 1913, during the Balkan Wars]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Constantine_at_war_s.jpg "King Constantine I and Eleftherios Venizelos in 1913, during the Balkan Wars")
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![[Aerial view of the central districts of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city and a major economic and...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Salonica_view_aerial2_s.jpg "Aerial view of the central districts of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city and a major economic and...")
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![[The main building of the Bank of Greece in Athens.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Main_building_of_the_bank_of_Greece_2008_s.jpg "The main building of the Bank of Greece in Athens.")
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![[Greek salad with additional ingredients.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/GreekSalad_s.jpg "Greek salad with additional ingredients.")
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![[Vikos Gorge, Epirus.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vikos_Gorge_2C_Epirus_2C_Greece_s.jpg "Vikos Gorge, Epirus.")
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![[The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Parthenon_2_s.jpg "The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.")
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![[The destruction of the Turkish flagship at Chios by Constantine Kanaris, during the Greek Revolution]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lytras_nikiforos_pyrpolisi_tourkikis_navarhidas_apo_kanari_s.jpg "The destruction of the Turkish flagship at Chios by Constantine Kanaris, during the Greek Revolution")
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![[Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NOESIS_s.jpg "Thessaloniki Science Center and Technology Museum.")
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![[Navagio (shipwreck) bay.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_CE_9D_CE_B1_CF_85_CE_AC_CE_B3_CE_B9_CE_BF_CE_96_CE_B1_CE_BA_CF_8D_CE_BD_CE_B8_CE_BF_CF_85_s.jpg "Navagio (shipwreck) bay.")
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![[Greek ethnographic map of south]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hellenism_in_the_Near_East_1918_s.jpg "Greek ethnographic map of south")
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![[The manuscript of the poem "Thermopyles" by Constantine P]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Thermopyles_s.jpg "The manuscript of the poem \"Thermopyles\" by Constantine P")
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![[Holy Trinity monastery, in Meteora, central Greece.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Meteora_Agios_Triadas_IMG_7632_2_s.jpg "Holy Trinity monastery, in Meteora, central Greece.")
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![[The current President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Karolos_Papoulias__2_s.jpg "The current President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias.")
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from ΠΑΣΟΚ |
![[Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776–1831),first head of state of independent Greece.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ioannis_Kapodistrias_281776_1831_29_1_s.jpg "Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776–1831),first head of state of independent Greece.")
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![[The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy and the highest research establishment in the country]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Fronten_universitetet_s.jpg "The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy and the highest research establishment in the country")
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