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Introduction Central Greece is the second largest region noted for its agricultural lands, rich landscapes, mountain ecosytems, marine wildlife and metallurgical industries. Among its many archaeological sites is Delphi, reknown for the Oracle of Delphi and the...

Introduction Attika is the home of Athens which became the capital of the modern Greek state in 1834. The number of its inhabitants surged when more than one million refugees from Asia Minor resettled in Greece during the Greek-Turkish population exchange of 1922-23,...

Introduction Eastern Macedonia became part of Greece in 1913 and Thrace became part of Greece in 1920. Eastern Macedonia came under Ottoman rule in 1430; Thrace had been controlled by Bulgaria until it was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453. Located in northeastern...

Introduction Western Macedonia, situated in northern Greece, shares international borders with the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania. It has the distinction of being the only landlocked region in Greece with no access to the sea, but its multitude of lakes and...

Introduction Western Greece encompasses the northwestern Peloponnese and the western part of Central Greece and figures significantly in the country’s history. Bishop Germanos of Patras was among the first to call for rebellion at the start of the 1821 Revolution....