Description
Book SynopsisRegarded as the cradle of Western civilization, Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, political science, major mathematical principles and Western drama, as well as the Olympic Games. But it is also a country of mountains – 80 per cent of the country is mountainous – as well as islands – of more than 1,000 islands, 227 are inhabited. And it has the longest coastline of any Mediterranean country.
From antiquity to modernity, from the tallest mountains to the tiniest islands, from the Romans to the Venetians to the Ottomans, Greece is a beautiful photographic exploration of this fascinating country. Arranged by region, the book celebrates such classical highlights as Athens’s Acropolis, the ruins at Mycenae in the Peloponnese, the Byzantine churches of Thessaloniki and the ancient Temple at Delphi. It also explores the beauty of the islands of the Aegean and the Ionian Sea, the Zagori mountains in the northwest of the country and the hydrothermal craters on Nisyros.
Presented in a landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each entry, Greece is a stunning collection of images celebrating one of the world’s most popular destinations.
Table of ContentsContents include:
Introduction
Athens and Attica
The Acropolis
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
The Modern City
Museums
Syntagma Square
The Peloponnese
The Corinth Canal
The Ruins of Mycenae
Palace of Nestor at Pýlos
The best preserved of all Greek theatres at Epidaurus
The lush sanctuary of Olympia
Central Greece
Delphi
Pinnacle monasteries of Metéora
Ósios Loukás monastery
Galaxídhi and Náfpaktos
Thessaly
Northern Greece
Macedonia and Thrace
Epirus
Zagori mountains
Thessaloniki – Byzantine churches. Hagia Demetrios. Hagia Sophia. Aristotelous Square. Arch of Galerius and Rotunda
Aegean Islands
Mykonos
Rhodes
Sifnos – hiking trails
Nisyros - hydrothermal craters of the volcano
Patmos Island
Leonidio
Spetses
Church, Zia Village, Island of Kos
Santorini
Naxos
Ithaca
Taverna, Nafplio
Crete
Iraklio
Rethymno
Hania
Knossos
Ionian Islands
Cephalonia
Corfu
Paxos
Lefkas
Ithaca
Zakynthos
Cyther
