Mount Athos
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Mount Athos is a mountain on the Athos peninsula in northeastern Greece directly on the Aegean Sea. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism.
Mt. Athos
Mount Athos seen from the northwest
Imaginary view of the Alexander monument, proposed by Dinocrates; engraving by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, 1725
A cross on Athos Peak
Chalkidiki
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Chalkidiki, Halkidiki, or Chalcidice is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, in coastal Macedonia. The capital of Chalkidiki is the town of Polygyros, located in the centre of the peninsula, while
Mount Athos
…meaning 'Athos'), while in Romanian it is called 'Mount Athos' (Muntele Athos or Muntele Atos). The peninsula, the easternmost "leg" of the larger Chalkidiki peninsula in central Macedonia, protrudes 50 km (31 mi) into the Aegean Sea at a width of between 7 and 12 km (4.3 and 7.5 mi) and covers an area of…
Petralona cave formations
Byzantine tower, Nea Fokea
Potidea canal
View of Ammouliani island