Greece is located in southeastern Europe, with Athens as its capital city. The climate varies from Mediterranean to alpine depending on the region. Popular tourist destinations include Athens, Delphi, Olympia, and the many Greek islands scattered throughout the Aegean and Ionian Seas. Famous Greeks include philosophers like Socrates and Pythagoras, as well as writers, scientists, and painters who have contributed greatly to Western civilization.
Marine pollution is the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment (including estuaries), resulting in such deleterious effects as: harm to living resources; hazards to human health; hindrance to marine activities including fishing; impairing the quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities
Marine pollution is the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment (including estuaries), resulting in such deleterious effects as: harm to living resources; hazards to human health; hindrance to marine activities including fishing; impairing the quality for use of sea water and reduction of amenities
3. GENERAL FACTS CAPITAL Athens AREA 131.990 km2 POPULATION 11.260.40 inhabitants MAIN CITIES Athens, Crete, Olimpia CURRENCY Euro LANGUAGES Greek GOVERMENT Greece is a parlamentary republic ECONOMY Agriculture, industry, fishing, mining, tourism and energy EU MEMBERS 1981
7. WHAT TO EAT SALMON TO THE BUTTER SHEEP BROCHETTE CHICKEN WITH OLIVES FILLED TOMATOES CREAM OF AUBERGINE GREEK RICE
8. WHAT TO DO / WHAT TO SEE Athens: Partenon and Acrópolis Delfos: Oráculo Tirinto: Passage of the wall of Tirinto Crete: A lot of time to visit this Ireland Olympia: it was the religious and athletic centre. The Olympic Games
9. THE COAST The Balcanic peninsulas have 6.000 Greek Irelands and are spread in the Mediterranean Sea. Ionic Islands Island Saronic Cyclades Egean Islands Crete Islands Dode canese archipelago Ionic Islands Egean Islands Island Saronic Crete Islands Cyclades Dode canese archipelago
10. FAMOUS PEOPLE Anaxagoras ( 500 b.c.) philosopher Doménikos theotokopoulos painter Hipócrates de cos scientific Pítagoras de Samos ( 582 b.c.) fisherman Sófocles ( 496 b.c. ) writer