| Greece, Attica Periphery, Athens — Areopagus Hill |
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[Right columns - text in English]
The Areopagus, a rocky outcrop approximately 115 m. high is situated between three other hills, the Acropolis, the Pnyx, and the Kolonos Agoraios. Its name probably derives from Ares, the god of war, and the Ares-Erinyes or Semnes (also called the Eumenides), underground goddesses of punishment and revenge. A judicial body, the Areopagus Council, met on this hill to preside over cases of murder, sacrilege, . . . — Map (db m47716) HM |
| Greece, Attica Periphery, Athens — The Acropolis of Athens — [UNESCO World Heritage Site] |
| | [Marker text printed in both Greek and English scripts:]
The Acropolis and its monuments, universal symbols of the classical spirit and culture, form the greatest architectural and artistic whole that Greek Antiquity has bequeathed to the world.
The most famous of these buildings were erected during the second half of the 5th century B.C., when Athens, with her victory over the Persians, and the establishment of the truest direct Democracy the world has ever seen, was leader . . . — Map (db m43648) HM |
| Greece, Kalymnos (peripheral unit) (Pátmos municipality), Chorá — Historic Centre (Chorá) — Monastery of Saint John the Theologian — World Heritage Site |
| | [Marker text printed in Greek and English script:]
1999 The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse World Heritage Site
The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse are inscribed in the List of World Heritage Sites of the Convention for the Protection of World Heritage of the UNESCO. Inclusion in the list recognizes the exceptional value of a cultural . . . — Map (db m43647) HM |
| Greece, Kalymnos (peripheral unit) (Pátmos Municipality), Skala Village — Liberation of Patmos — Capt. Terence Bruce Mitford |
| | [Marker text printed in both Greek and English scripts:] Erected by the Community of Patmos
to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of the Island, 10 February 1944
by Terence Bruce Mitford
Captain, Special Boat Services
February 2004 — Map (db m43136) HM |
| Greece, Kalymnos peripheral unit (Patmos municipality), Chorá — Historic Centre (Chorá) — Cave of the Apocalypse — World Heritage Site |
| | 1999 The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse World Heritage Site
The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse are inscribed in the List of World Heritage Sites of the Convention for the Protection of World Heritage of the UNESCO. Inclusion in the list recognizes the exceptional value of a cultural site so that it may be protected for the benefit of all Humanity. — Map (db m43646) HM |
| Greece, Thera Municipality (Santorini), Fira — Santorini Cable Car |
| | IΔPYMA
ΛOYΛAΣ KAI EYAΓΓEΛOY NOMIKOY
TEΛEΦEPIK ΣANTOPINH Σ
ΔΩPEA TOY IΔPYTH
ΣTIΣ 14 KOINOTHTEΣ TOY NHΣIOY
Loulas and Evangelos Nomikos
Foundation
Santorini’s Cable Car
Gift of the founder to the 14 communities of the island — Map (db m43315) HM |
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