Greece: March 2022

GREECE
March 2022
Useful Information's about Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country
located in Southeast Europe. Its population is about 11
million.
The country consists of nine geographic regions:
Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, the Peloponnese,
Central Greece, Crete, the Aegean Islands and the
Ionian Islands.
Athens is the largest city and the capital.
Largest cities in Greece
Thessaloniki is the second-largest city, with over 1
million residents.
Patra is the third-largest city in northern Peloponnese,
famous for its Carnival, the largest event of its kind.
Greece has 6.000 islands. The most famous islands are Mykonos,
Santorini, Corfu and many more. But the most historic islands
are Crete and Rhodes.
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands.
Heraklion is the capital of Crete.
Ιt was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the
Minoan (c. 2700–1420 BC).
Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands and is also
the island group's historical capital. Rhodes has been
famous, historically, as the site of Colossus of Rhodes, one
of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Culture
Greece is home to Cycladic civilization on the islands of
the Aegean Sea at around 3200 BC, the Minoan
civilization in Crete and then the Mycenaean
civilization on the mainland (1600–1100 BC).
The ancient Olympic Games, dated to 776 BC, were a
series of athletic competitions among athletes of city-
states and one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient
Greece. They were held in honor of Zeus.
Classical Greece was a period of political and cultural
success, which lasted around 200 years (the 5th and 4th
centuries BC). It brought the modern world the system
known as “democracy”.
The Byzantine period existed from 395 CE to 1453.
During that period there were built city
walls, palaces, hippodromes, bridges,
aqueducts, but most importantly, churches. Its impact
continues today in the religion, art, architecture, and law.
Modern Greece
Modern Greek writers/poets
Odysseas Elytis, George Seferis,
Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Kazantzakis,
Greek composers
Mikis Theodorakis,
Manos Xatzidakis, Vaggelis Papathanasiou
Greek singers
Nana Mousckouri, Vicky Leandros,
Maria Farantouri
Greek Directors
George Lanthimos, Theodoros Aggelopoylos,
Kostas Gavras
Acropolis Museum The National Archae0logical
Museum
Stavros Niarchos Foundation The National Museum

Cultural Center of Contemporary Art Athens
Megaron the Athens Music Hall
OAKA, Olympic Athletic Center of Athens

Athens marathon , is an annual marathon road
race held in Athens, normally in early November, inspired
by a messenger, Pheidippides, who ran
from Marathon to Athens to bring news of the Greek
victory over the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.
Nea Ionia
Nea Ionia is a northern area of Athens.
It was named after Ionia, the area in Anatolia from
which many Greeks migrated in the 1920s as a part of
the population exchange between Greece and Turkey.
There are many sports places such as soccer fields, tennis
courts, gyms and a stadium. Nea Ionia is the seat of the
clubs O.F. Nea Ionia, club with wins in handball and Nea
Ionia F.C.
Sightseeing
The aqueducts of Nea Ionia are considered parts of a
water supply system of Athens and date from the 3rd to
the 5th c. A.D.
Panaitolio is a beautiful area to visit,
with a park, a museum, a gallery
and many more, built in 1930 in the center
of Panaitolio Square.
Center for the Study and Promotion of Asia Minor
Culture, was founded in 2003 with the aim of collecting
data related to the history and culture of the migrants in
Nea Ionia.
The old textile factories of the area
There are many workshops that produce penirli and
traditional pies.
⚫Souvlaki, kebab, giaourtlou, xoriatiki, and a spread
called tirokafteri are some of the dishes you can taste
here in Nea Ionia
2 nd Elementary School
⚫Our school is attended by about 300 children aged
6-13 years.
⚫30 teachers work in our school.
⚫Classes start in September and end in June. We have
two weeks off at Christmas and two at Easter.
⚫The school is open from 8.00 to 16.00 from Monday to
Friday
In elementary school the pupils are taught language,
mathematics, history, computers, physical education,
English, French, gymnastics, art and music.
Every year we carry out programs where students deal
with topics such as ecology, nutrition, mental health in
an experiential way.
Our students at Christmas visit leisure centers for the
elderly . They tell Christmas carols and make cards
with them.
The pupils also put on theatrical and musical
performances. They also participate in sports activities
and national festivals.
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