OUR HERITAGE IS OUR TREASURE Presentations about country, place, school Anarita, Cyprus November, 2018

1. A PIECE OF INFORMATION
ABOUT GREECE, OUR
COUNTRY AND RHODES,
OUR ISLAND

2. GREECE

3. • Greece is a country in southeastern
Europe. Athens is the capital and the
largest city.

4. • Modern Greece traces its roots back to
Ancient Greece, which is considered the
cradle of all Western civilization.
The Acropolis
of Athens

5. • It is the birthplace of democracy,
philosophy, Olympic Games, drama,
including both tragedy and comedy.

6. • The culture of Greece has evolved over
thousands of years, beginning in
Mycenaean Greece and continuing most notably
into Classical Greece, through the influence of
the Roman Empire and its Greek Eastern
continuation, the Eastern Roman or Byzantine
Empire. Other cultures and nations, such as the
Latin and Frankish states, the Ottoman Empire,
the Venetian Republic, the Genoese Republic, and
the British Empire have also left their influence
on modern Greek culture.

7. • Eighty per cent of Greece consists of
mountains. Mount Olympus is the
highest, at 2,917 m (9,570 ft).
Some wild flowers that
grow on the mountain.

8. • But Greece is most well-known for its
great number of islands in Aegean Sea
and Ionian Sea.
Ionian Sea
Aegean Sea

9. Famous Aegean Islands
Crete Santorini
Skiathos
Rhodes

10. RHODES

11. • Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in
the eastern Aegean sea. It is the
largest of the Dodecanese islands in
terms of both land area and population,
with a population of 115,490 (2011
census), and also the island group's
historical capital.

12. • Historically, Rhodes was famous
worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes,
one of the Seven Wonders of the
Ancient World.

13. • The Medieval Old Town of the City of
Rhodes has been declared a World
Heritage Site. Today, it is one of the
most popular tourist destinations in
Europe.

14. • The history of the island begins in
ancient times.(4.000B.C.)
• Throughout its long history the
different nations who settled on Rhodes
left their mark on all aspects of the
island's culture: art, language,
architecture.

15. Apollo temple
The Acropolis
of
Lindos
Ancient Kamiros

16. Monolithos castle
Kritinia castle
Palace of the Grand
Master and the Knights
Of Rhodes

17. Towers
Street in Medieval
town of Rhodes
The Valley of the
butterflies
Salakos valley

18. Belvedere
Lindos village
St. John bay in
Lindos village

19. Ladiko beach
Tsambika beach

20. The monastery on the hill
Of Filerimos
Peacocks live
there

21. Pine trees
cover the
greatest part of the
island.

22. Dears that live in the
Woods of Rhodes

23. 3 windmills
and Saint Nicola’s
Lighthouse
Seaview
from Monolithos’s
castle

25. Mary
Vicky
Nikos
Ntia
Christina
Argyro
Panos
Cathrine

26. Fysika Paraskevi
(Vicky)
Savvaki Maria - Nektaria
(Mary)

27. Fragkopoulou Christina
Fragaki Argyro

28. Kavalierou Aikaterini
(Cathrine)
Christou Arhontia
(Ntia)

29. Kontomanolis Nikolaos
(Nikos)
Polyzos Panagiotis
(Panos)