G r e e c e

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G r e e c e
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Greece

• The plan
• 1. Introduction(????????)
• 2. Geographical situation.
• 3. Time zone.
• 4. Climate.
• 5. Language, religion.
• 6. Holidays.
• 7. Emergency(??????????) telephones.
• 8. Sights
• a) Theatre Dionis
• b) Athenian Acropol
• c) Temple Niki Apteros.
• d) Island Kret
• e) Tessaloniki
• f) Ionik island
• f) Athenes
• 9.Clothes
• 10. Kitchen
• 11. Landscape and construction

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Introduction

• Greece is one of the best world by resorts with
  magnificent sandy coast washed by the Aegean Sea
  and the Mediterranean Sea.
• The cradle of Olympic games and antique myths
  How many interesting legends and invaluable
  historical-cultural monuments were left to us by
  a civilization of the philosophers and poets!

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Geographical situation.

• Greece is located in a southern part of the
  Balkan peninsula and on Small Asia islands. Also
  it is washed by three seas. The Greek landscape
  is an alternation of mountains, numerous
  islands, straits and bays. There are not enough
  plains, they are concentrated in the east of the
  country, In Greece there are more than 20 lakes.

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Time zone

• The timelag between Moscow and Greece is 1 hour.

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Climate.

• In summer there are not enough rains, but in
  winter there are many strong downpours. Average
  temperature of water in summer is 27 degrees
  above zero. The bathing season in Greece begins
  with the middle of May and lasts to the end of
  October. April and May are the best time for
  visiting historical places. In June perfect
  weather is for bathing and resting. The velvet
  season is in September and October.

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Language, religion

• The official language is Greek.
• Religion 98 of Greek orthodox churches

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Holidays.

• January 1 The New Year
• January 6 Epiphany
• March 25 The Day of Independence
• May 1 The Day of Work
• August 15 - Assumption
• 25??????? - Christmas
• December 26 Christmas-tide

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Emergency(??????????) telephones

• If you travel along Greece you should know the
  emergency (??????????) telephones
• Police - 100
• First aid - 166
• Fire team - 199
• Service of the information on duty drugstores -
  107 (on all Greece)
• Tourist police 171
• Athenes - 010-9025-992
• Peraeus - 010-4184-815
• The airport - 010-9814-093.

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Sights
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The theatre of Dionis
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Athenian Acropol
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The Temple of Niki Apteros

• Temple of Niki Apteros. During turkish domination
  the temple was disassembled and used for
  construction of fortification at the end of 19th
  century. New temple was build from the preseved
  parts.

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Kret.
Kret is a solar island, with its blue-green sea,
golden beaches and tropical palms. It is one of
the most popular vacation spots in all Greece.
Kret is the largest island of Greece and the
fifth on size among islands of the Mediterranean
Sea. Here there are many ruins of ancient time,
especially the castle of Knossos and Festos. The
Venetian castle in Retimno is a popular place of
visitors.
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Tessaloniki

• Tessaloniki is a capital of northern Greece.
  Tessaloniki is that place, where ?????? II and
  Alexander ??????????? dreamed of uniform Greece.
  Today Tessaloniki is a significant cultural
  centre of southeast Europe. The resort is rich by
  spiritual life. Here you can visit places
  ??????????????? of excavation, exhibition and
  exhibition halls, to go in museums, theatres. You
  can visit places ??????????????? of excavation of
  antique capitals of Macedonia ????? and ???????.

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Ionik island

• Group of islands in Greece.
• They traditionally refer to as " seven islands
  " ?????, ?????, ???????, ?????, ?????????? both
  ???????? and ??????. ????????? - largest of group
  of islands. An island ????? name " as an island
  ??????? ", which heart always belonged to the
  native island. ???????? - most southern island
  both third on size and density of the population.
  ?????? - most northern and unique island.

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Athens

• Athens is the capital of Greece. The city is
  named by ancient goddess of wisdom and knowledge
  A tremendous masterpiece of architecture is
  Parphenon. In Athens "pearl" of Greece is
  Acropolis. There are also many famous monuments
  such as Keramicos and Licavitos. It is possible
  to look at the lantern of Diogen, Tower of Winds,
  Arch Adriana. It is only a small list ofAthens
  sights. On the cape of Sunion it is possible to
  see acastle of Posejdon and the ruins of a castle
  of Athens.

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Clothes.

• In daily life the Greeks prefer convenient and
  practical clothes. Visiting monasteries there is
  a strict rule to forbid to men to wear short
  trousers and T-shirts, and it is categorically
  forbidden to the women to wear trousers or short
  skirts.

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Kitchen
The Greeks are large judges and fans of
vegetable dishes, especially popular dish is the
leaf of grape with force-meat. The dishes of the
Greek kitchen are simple in preparation,
colourful and fragrant. In Greece, as well as in
other countries of Mediterranean, people prefer
healthy food. One of the oldest culinary recipes
known in the world is a recipe of preparation of
fish, and the authors of it are the ancient
Greeks.
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The landscape of the country
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The presentation is made by
Ershova Alexandra Lebedeva Alena
Form 10A
Ostrovskaya
school