photos of beautiful places::The climate of greece is varied, with alpine, mediterranean and temperate zones photos of beautiful places

photos of beautiful places::The climate of greece is varied, with alpine, mediterranean and temperate zones.
Below are collection of beautiful places and photos of greece, covering its architecture, mountains, cities, ruins, and seas.
The meteora is a complex of eastern orthodox monasteries built on natural sandstone pillars.
The sandstone pillars are beautiful and interesting, as showcased by the photos below.
At one time there were more than 20 monasteries but only six remain today.
Five of those are inhabited by men and one by women.
Classically, athens was a very powerful citystate within the greek empire and is credited as the birthplace of democracy and the cradle of western civilization.
It was host to the first modernday olympic games and had previously been to the ancient games.
Originally, santorini was a single island, but the volcano left a giant caldera that is now open to the aegean sea.
There are two major settlements on the island, argostolia and lixouri, with a number of other smaller settlements.
There are numerous mountains and ports on the island.
There are theories that kefalonia may have been the home of odysseus as described by homer.
It was also a major site for the worship of apollo after he slew the python.
Delphi was also the site of the pythian games, one of the precursors of the modern olympics.
Historically, it was the center of the minoan civilization.
It also has more than 1,000km of coastline.
The acropolis sits on a hill overlooking the modern city of athens.