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Administrative regions of Greece
The administrative regions of Greece (περιφέρειες, peripheries) are the country's thirteen first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally prefectures and, since 2011, regional units.
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Aiginio
Aiginio, known before 1926 as Libanovo, is a town and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Anatolia
Anatolia (Modern Greek: Ανατολία Anatolía, from Ἀνατολή Anatolḗ,; "east" or "rise"), also known as Asia Minor (Medieval and Modern Greek: Μικρά Ἀσία Mikrá Asía, "small Asia"), Asian Turkey, the Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey.
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Ancient Greek
The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.
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Ancient Pydna
Pydna is an ancient Greek city, an important place in the history of Pieria and a major archaeological site located directly at the Aegean Sea, 16 km northeast of Katerini, 28 km north-east of Dion and 2.5 km from the village of Makrygialos.
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Antigonid dynasty
The Antigonid dynasty (Ἀντιγονίδαι) was a dynasty of Hellenistic kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed").
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Antipatrid dynasty
The Antipatrid dynasty (Ἀντιπατρίδαι) was a dynasty of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon founded by Cassander, the son of Antipater, who declared himself King of Macedon in 302 BC.
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Archaeological Park of Dion
The Archaeological Park of Dion is the most important archaeological site at Mount Olympus in Greece, located in Dion (Greek: Δίον).
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Archaic Greece
Archaic Greece was the period in Greek history lasting from the eighth century BC to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC, following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded by the Classical period.
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Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars (Balkan Savaşları, literally "the Balkan Wars" or Balkan Faciası, meaning "the Balkan Tragedy") consisted of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan Peninsula in 1912 and 1913.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, which had been founded as Byzantium).
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Callinicus of Alexandria
Callinicus served as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1858 and 1861.
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Central Macedonia
Central Macedonia (Κεντρική Μακεδονία, Kentrikí Makedonía) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece, consisting of the central part of the geographical and historical region of Macedonia.
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Dion, Pieria
Dion or Dio (Δίον, Díon; Δίο, Dío; Dium) is a village and a former municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Dion-Olympos
Dion-Olympos (Δίον-Όλυμπος, Díon-Ólympos) is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
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East Olympos
East Olympos or Anatolikos Olympos (Ανατολικός Όλυμπος, Anatolikós Ólympos), is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of UTC+3 time zone, 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.
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Edonis (region)
Edonis or Edonida (Ἠδωνίς, Ἠδωνίδα), also transliterated as Edonia, was an ancient region of Thrace which later became a district of Macedon.
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Elafina
Elafina (Ελαφίνα) is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Elafos, Pieria
Elafos (Έλαφος) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality.
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Ephesus
Ephesus (Ἔφεσος Ephesos; Efes; may ultimately derive from Hittite Apasa) was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, three kilometres southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey.
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European route E75
European route E 75 is part of the International E-road network, which is a series of main roads in Europe.
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Fourth Macedonian War
The Fourth Macedonian War (150 BC to 148 BC) was fought between the Roman Republic and a Greek uprising led by the Macedonian pretender to the throne Andriscus.
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George Zorbas
Georgios Zorbas (Γεώργιoς Ζορμπάς.; 1865 or 1869 September 16, 1941) was a Greek miner upon whom Nikos Kazantzakis based Alexis Zorbas, the protagonist of his 1946 novel Zorba the Greek.
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Giorgakis Olympios
Giorgakis Olympios (Γιωργάκης Ολύμπιος; Iordache Olimpiotul; 1772–1821) was a Greek armatolos and military commander during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
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Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I between May 1919 and October 1922.
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Greece
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Greek National Road 1
Greek National Road 1 (Εθνική Οδός 1, abbreviated as EO1) is the old single carriageway road connecting Athens with Thessaloniki and Evzonoi, the border crossing between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia.
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Greek National Road 13
Greek National Road 13 (Εθνική Οδός 13, abbreviated as EO13) is a single carriageway road in northern Greece.
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Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση, Elliniki Epanastasi, or also referred to by Greeks in the 19th century as the Αγώνας, Agonas, "Struggle"; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan İsyanı, "Greek Uprising"), was a successful war of independence waged by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1830.
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Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra
The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) is a collegiate symphony orchestra comprising Harvard students and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Imathia
Imathia (Ημαθία) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Katerini
Katerini (Κατερίνη, Kateríni) is a city in Central Macedonia, Greece, the capital of Pieria regional unit.
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Kolindros
Kolindros (Κολινδρός) is a town and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Korinos
Korinos (Κορινός) is a town and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Kozani (regional unit)
Kozani (Περιφερειακή ενότητα Κοζάνης, Periferiaki Enotita Kozanis) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Larissa (regional unit)
Larissa (Περιφερειακή ενότητα Λάρισας) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Leibethra
Libethra or Leibethra (Ancient Greek: τὰ Λίβηθρα or Λείβηθρα) was a city close to Olympus where Orpheus was buried by the Muses.
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Leivithra
Leivithra or Leibethra (Λείβεθρα or Λίβεθρα) was an ancient Macedonian city at the foot of Mount Olympus, near the present settlement of Skotina.
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List of municipalities of Greece (2011)
According to the Kallikratis Programme, since 1 January 2011 Greece is divided into 325 municipalities, grouped into the 13 regions of Greece.
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List of settlements in the Pieria regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Litochoro
Litochoro (Λιτόχωρο, Litóchoro; Katharevousa: Λιτόχωρον) is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of the Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
Macedonia or Macedon (Μακεδονία, Makedonía) was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece.
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Macedonia (Greece)
Macedonia (Μακεδονία, Makedonía) is a geographic and historical region of Greece in the southern Balkans.
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Methoni, Pieria
Methoni (Μεθώνη Πιερίας) is a village and a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Motorway 1 (Greece)
The Greek Motorway 1, code: A1, is a motorway in Greece.
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Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (Όλυμπος Olympos, for Modern Greek also transliterated Olimbos, or) is the highest mountain in Greece.
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Muses
The Muses (/ˈmjuːzɪz/; Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, Moũsai) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology.
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Nea Efesos
Nea Efesos (Greek: Νέα Έφεσος) is a rural settlement of the former Municipality of Dio, which is part of the municipality of Dio-Olympos, in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
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Nea Trapezounta, Pieria
Nea Trapezounta (Νέα Τραπεζούντα, Nea Trapezunda) is a village and a community of the Katerini municipality.
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Olympus Festival
Olympus Festival (Φεστιβάλ Ολύμπου) is an annual Festival of music and theatre and a major cultural event in Greece.
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Orpheus
Orpheus (Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation) is a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (دولت عليه عثمانیه,, literally The Exalted Ottoman State; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire"The Ottoman Empire-also known in Europe as the Turkish Empire" or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries.
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Pangaion Hills
The Pangaion Hills (Greek, Παγγαίο, ancient forms: Pangaeon, Pangaeum, Homeric name: Nysa) are a mountain range in Greece, approximately 40 km from Kavala.
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Paralia, Pieria
Paralia (Παραλία, Paralía, meaning "beach") is a tourist seaside settlement and a former municipality in the eastern part of the Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Petra, Pieria
Petra (Πέτρα) is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece.
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Pieres
The Pieres (Ancient Greek,"Πίερες") were a Thracian tribe connected with the Brygi, that long before the archaic period in Greece occupied the narrow strip of plain land, or low hill, between the mouths of the Peneius and the Haliacmon rivers, at the foot of the great woody steeps of mount Olympus.
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Pierian Mountains
The Pierian Mountains (or commonly referred to as Piéria) are a mountain range between Imathia, Pieria and Kozani Region, south of the plain of Kambania in Central Macedonia, Greece.
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Pierian Spring
In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Muses.
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Pierikos F.C.
Pierikos F.C. (ΠΑΕ Πιερικός) is a Greek football club based in Katerini, Greece.
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Pierioi
Pierioi (Πιέριοι) is a former municipality in Pieria, Greece.
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Pimpleia
Pimpleia (Ancient Greek: Πιμπλεία) was a city in Pieria in Ancient Greece, located near Dion and ancient Leivithra at Mount Olympus.
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Platamon Castle
The Platamon Castle (το κάστρο του Πλαταμώνα), an important part of the history of Pieria, is a Crusader castle (built between 1204 and 1222) in northern Greece and is located southeast of Mount Olympus, in a strategic position which controls the exit of the Tempe valley, through which passes the main road connecting Macedonia with Thessaly and southern Greece.
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Postal codes in Greece
The Greek postal code system is administered by ELTA (Ελληνικά Ταχυδρομεία, Hellenic Post).
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Provinces of Greece
The provinces of Greece (επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures.
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Pydna
Pydna (in Greek: Πύδνα, older transliteration: Pýdna) was a Greek city in ancient Macedon, the most important in Pieria.
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Pydna-Kolindros
Pydna–Kolindros (Πύδνα-Κολινδρός) is a municipality in the Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia, Greece.
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Regional units of Greece
The 74 regional units (περιφερειακές ενότητες, perifereiakés enóti̱tes, sing.) are administrative units of Greece.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Roman Republic
The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire.
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Struma (river)
The Struma or Strymónas (Струма; Στρυμόνας; (Struma) Karasu, 'black water') is a river in Bulgaria and Greece.
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Telephone numbers in Greece
This is a list of dialing codes in Greece.
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Thermaic Gulf
The Thermaic Gulf, also called the Gulf of Salonika and the Macedonian Gulf, is a gulf constituting the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea.
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Thessaloniki (regional unit)
Thessaloniki (Περιφερειακή ενότητα Θεσσαλονίκης) is one of the regional units of Greece.
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Thessaly
Thessaly (Θεσσαλία, Thessalía; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία, Petthalía) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.
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Trabzon
Trabzon, historically known as Trebizond, is a city on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey and the capital of Trabzon Province.
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Turkey
Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.
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Vehicle registration plates of Greece
Greek vehicle registration plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e.g. ΑΑΑ-1000) printed in black on a white background.
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Pieria (peripheral unit), Pieria (prefecture), Pieria Prefecture.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieria_(regional_unit)