Patras (Greek: Modern: Πάτρα, Ancient: Πάτραι, Pátrai; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the third largest city of Greece, and also the capital of the Achaea region of Greece. Patra, or Patras, is located in the southwest part of Greece in Peloponnesos. It is also the capital of the Region of West Greece. Patras's metropolitan area has a population of over 200,000 and is an important commercial center and a busy port, with regular car-ferry services to and from Italy. Distance from Athens is 215 km ...

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At Dodona (ancient Greek: Δοδώνη, modern Dodoni) in Epirus, northwestern Greece, was a prehistoric oracle devoted to the Greek god, Zeus and the Mother Goddess identified at other sites with Rhea or Gaia, but here called Dione. The shrine of Dodona was the oldest Hellenic oracle, according to the fifth-century historian Herodotus and in fact dates to pre-Hellenic times, perhaps as early as the second millennium BCE. Priests and priestesses in the sacred grove interpreted the rustling of the oak (or beech) leaves to determine the correct actions to be taken. Greek oracles are often ...

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Acharnes, commonly Acharnai or Acharne (or Akharnes, Akharne, Akharnai, Aharnes, Aharnai, Aharne, Greek:, Ancient/Katharevousa and official name: Αχάρναι, Modern and older spelling: Αχάρνες) is a suburb of Athens also known as Menidi (Μενίδι). Much of the area north of the area are the forested Parnitha ranges and the parkland. The municipality is north of the ...

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Afidnes (Greek, Modern: Αφίδνες, Ancient/Katharevoussa: Αφίδναι), older forms: Afidnai, Afidne, Latin: Aphidnae, sometimes incorrectly as Aphidna or Afidna is a suburb in Attica, Greece just about 28 km north of Athens. From the Medieval Times to the late 20th century, the village was known as Kiourka. The name dates back to ancient times as Aphidnae Afidnes is located west of the superhighway and lies next to the northern part of the Parnitha mountains which are mainly of grassl ...

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Agia Paraskevi is one of Lesbos' last remaining traditional villages. Lesbos is a prefecture of Greece, consisting of a number of islands in the Aegean Sea. The village is named after the Church of Agia Paraskevi, which is found in a cave in one of the highest points of the town. The town cemetery is also located here. Presumingly built over an old pagan temple, there is a well in the cave, and drinking the water from this well has been said to have conferred Virgin Mary's protection. Agia Paraskevi is an old village tha ...

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Agia Paraskevi (Greek: Άγια Παρασκευή) is a suburb in Athens, Greece. It is bounded northeast by Athens, where ERT studios are located. Its distance from Athens is about 5 to 6 km. Its total size is about 600 m by 600 m. Its location is in the southeast. It includes some satellites. Its rest are residential. Its main street is Mesogeion. Agriculture used to dominate before the 1930s or 1940s by the booming of Athens. The highest elevation is ...

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Chios (Italian: Scio, Turkish: Sakız, Χίος; alternative transliterations Khios and Hios, see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. The population is about 52,290 (census of 2001), with an area of 904 km². The capital is also called Chios or Chora; it is a port and the island's chief town. The island is famous for its scenery and good climate. Its chief export is mastic but it also produces olives, figs, and wine. Chios - History. Chios wa ...

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Aegira is also the older name of Lesbos Aigira or Aegira (Greek: Αιγείρα, older: Αίγειρα), also Egira, Eyira, Aiyira is a community located about 500 m SW of the Gulf of Corinth in the northeastern part of the prefecture of Achaea. It is located in GR-8 and has an interchange connecting the new highway with GR-8A and E65. Distance from Patras is 67 km E, about 4 km NE of Akrata and 148 km W of Athens. The municipality is th ...

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Vyrona or Virona or rarely Vyronas or Vironas (Greek, Modern: Βύρωνας, Ancient/Katharevousa: Βύρων), older forms: Viron and Vyron is a suburb in the northeastern part of Athens, Greece. The city is named after George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron who was a national hero of Greece. It is located S of Attiki Odos (number 65) which is also known as the Hymettus Ring which opened in 2004 with the Katechaki interchange. It is also located SE of Athens and E and NE of Vouliagmenis Avenue. Vyrona started ...

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Veria is also a settlement in the prefecture of Laconia, see Veria (Laconia), Greece as well as a commune in the Jura département with the e accented as Véria Veria (also spelled Veroia, Greek: Βέροια - Véria, Macedonian: Бер - Ber, Latin: Beroea) has a population of about 35,000. It is a commercial center of Greek Macedonia, the capital of the prefecture of Imathia, the province of Imathia and the se ...

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For the Polynesian mythological figure, see Varima-te-Takere which is alsn known as Vari and for a town on the island of Syros, see Vari (Syros), Greece. Vari (or Várê, Greek: Βάρη) is a suburban community in the southwestern part of the Mesogeia plain and the southeast shoulder of the Hymettus mountain, another mountain dominates to the southeast. Distance from Voula and Varkiza is 2 km each along with the blue beaches, and 4 km west of Agia Marina, and other communities of the so ...

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Zefyri or Zefiri, (Greek, Modern: Ζεφύρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older forms Zefyrion, Zefirio or Zefirion, is a suburb in the northern part of Athens, Greece. The origin of the name comes from a nearby spring which had in the older times. Zefyri is slightly north of the Attiki Odos (number 6) at the Dimokratias Avenue interchange and GR-1/E75 lies to its east. Zefyri Tunnel which is cut and cover is 440 m in length and is in the southern part. It is located SE of Thiva, SSE of Chalkida, NE of Athinon Avenue, about 11 km N of Athens, NW of Poseidonos Avenue and NE of Piraeus. The railw ...

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Voula (Greek: Βούλα) is a municipality and a suburban town in southern Attica and is the second southernmost municipality in the Megalo Daktylo (Large Fingernail), approximately 17 km S of Athens, SW of the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport and the Attiki Odos (numbers 6 and 62), NW of Cape Sounio and south of the Hymettus Ring. Voula is linked with Athinas Avenue (GR-89) and has the southernmost terminus of Vouliagmenis Avenue and the road from the airport and a bypass to the northeast. Voula is linked with the Athens ...

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There are communities and a municipality that have the name Vrachneika, pronunciation: vrakh-NAY-ee-kah (Greek: Βραχνέικα, Βραχναίικα until the 1990s,also Vrahneika) in Greece: Vrachnaiika, rarely Vrachnaiika or Vrahneika (the municipality, Greek: Dêmos/Dimos Vrachnaiikon) is a community and a municipality that is 12 km south of and a suburb of Patras, Greece, between the city and Kato Achaia. The population is around 2,000 and 3,000 and the municipality between 4,500 and 5 ...

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Holargos or Cholargos, rarely Kholargos (Greek: Χολαργός) Latin/Older form: Cholargus is a suburb of Athens, Greece, located northeast of the city center. The name dates back to the ancient times but the settlement was near modern Kamatero. It is accessed by Messogion Avenue in the west and is now accessed to Attiki Odos at number 6 north of the town hall. Cholargos - Historical population. It was first given "community" status in 1933 and given "city" status in 1963.

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Vrilissia (Greek: Βριλήσσια) is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The name "Vrilissia" comes from the nearby "Vrilissos River". There is a forestes area covered with piney trees which has been battling against a power station and the mayor was attended in 2003. Vrilissia has schools, lyceums (High Schools), gymnasia (Junior High), banks, post offices and squares(the most famous of them is "Platia Hrwwm", where all the local petrolheads go sideways, in other words they exercise their drift ...

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Agios Ioannis Rentis, Agios Ioannis Rendis, Agios Ioannis Redis, Ayios Ioannis Rentis, Ayios Ioannis Rendis, Ayios Ioannis Redis, (Greek: Άγιος Ιωάννης Ρέντης, first part meaning Saint John), older forms Aghios Ioannis Rentis, Aghios Ioannis Rendis, is a suburb in the southwestern part of Athens, Greece. It is located S of Athinon Avenue, about 6 km W of Athens, N of Poseidonos Avenue and NE of Piraeus. The main streets are Kifissou Avenue which is now a superhighway w ...

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Agioi Anargyroi, Agii Anargyri, Agioi Anargiroi, Ayioi Anaryiroi, Ayii Anaryiri, Agii Anargiri, Agioi Anargiri (Greek: Άγιοι Ανάργυροι) is a suburb in the northern part of Athens, Greece. It is located SW of Kifissia, W of Marathonos Avenue, NE of Athens, E of Peristeri . The main streets are Kifissou Avenue which is now a superhighway which is also GR-1/E75 for northbound and GR-89 for the southbound lanes and is also a municipal boundary to its west. Treis Gefyres, the three br ...

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Chaidari, Haidari, or Khaidari (Greek, modern: Χαϊδάρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: Χαϊδάριον), older forms Haidarion and Khaidarion is a suburb in the west northwestern part of Athens, Greece. The two mountaintops of Aigaleo lies to the north and south. It is also located SE of Eleusis, S of the Attiki Odos (number 6), W of Kifissou Avenue (GR-1/E75, and Athens, NW of Poseidonos Avenue and N of Piraeus. Chaidari - Neighborhoods. Dafni Dasos

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