Greece is a country in Europe that most people visit in the summer!
If you are looking for a place to go for holidays, then you must visit Greece because it is so beautiful you will fall in love!
These are some facts you must know :
- Greece is a country located in Southern Europe.
- The capital of Greece is Athens.
- The second largest city in Greece is Thessaloniki.
- Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast.
- Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km.
- You will fond 9 geographic regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnese, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.
- This country is considered to by the birthplace of democracy.
- The Greek name of the country is Hellas.
- Even though the country’s name is Hellas, it is often called Greece, which comes from Latin Graecia (as used by the Romans) and literally means ‘the land of the Greeks’.
- Greece features a vast number of islands.
- The climate of Greece is primarily Mediterranean, featuring mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.
- Greece is also the birthplace of Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama, as well as the Olympic Games.
- Greece has been part of the Eurozone since 2001. The country is also a member of the Council of Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).
- Great philosophers came from Greece such as Plato,Aristotle, Socrates and others!
- A lot of Εnglish words come from Greece, such as «academy» «apology»,«marathon».
- Greece has more than 2,000 island.
- Greece is the leading producer of sea sponges!
- Greece’s national sport is football.
- The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
- The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel that everybody should visit when they go to Greece.
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