Athens is one of the few coastal cities worldwide that is surrounded by mountains | Greeks eat 28 kg per capita per year |
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Olympus 2,917m , the mountain of Gods and Muses is the highest mountain of Greece and the 2nd in the Balkans | Did you know that Greece has the biggest EU consumption of olive oil per capita, with around 12 kg per person per year? Greece has historically engaged in wine making |
Greece is the place where democracy was born.
Did you know that in Greece, 47 mountains are over 2000m | , 105 mountains between 2000 and 1500m |
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Greece is a leading producer of sea sponges | His achievements and conquests gave rise to the later Hellenistic period 323 BC - 31 BC |
Did you know that Greece has around 6,000 islands, islets and rocky islets? Did you know that in Greece you can enjoy mountain skiing with a sea view? The number of mountains under 1000m.
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