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4 December 2024

The Acropolis of Athens

The Acropolis hill, so called the “Sacred Rock” of Athens, is the most important site of the city.

The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the ‘navel of

Outstanding Universal Value The site of Olympia, in a valley in the Peloponnesus, has been inhabited since prehistoric times. In

This World Heritage Site forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic.

One of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe which in 1988 was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Old Town of Corfu (Greece), on the Island of Corfu, with its three Venetian forts and neo-classical housing

One of the largest and most important complex of monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos

Epidaurus was a small city (polis) in ancient Greece at the Saronic Gulf.

Mystras was a fortified town in Morea (the Peloponnesus), on Mt. Taygetos, near ancient Sparta.

In the 2nd millennium BC Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece.