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West Greece

Background: Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In World War II, Greece was first invaded by Italy (1940) and subsequently occupied by Germany (1941-44); fighting endured in a protracted civil war between royalist supporters of the king and communist rebels. Following the latter's defeat in 1949, Greece was able to join NATO in 1952. A military dictatorship, which in 1967 suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country, lasted seven years. The 1974 democratic elections and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy. Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992); it became the 12th member of the euro zone in 2001.




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Areas in : Achaea | Amaliada (6) | Naupactus (1) | Olympia (9) | Patras (12)

Olympia - site of the ancient games
August 29th 2009  Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia
Sunny, 34 °C I have a true appreciation of how students feel about listening and work when it is hot! Today I travelled to Olympia - site of the original Olympic games but while the guide was exp ... 4 photos [full story]

132 days ago: Henrik og Mette published a blog
Dag paa stranden.
June 29th 2009  Europe » Greece » West Greece » Patras
Her er en kort update herfra :-) Vi har som sagt valgt at tage et par dage her i Patras (En hyggelig lille by), og i dag tog vi til Rion som ligger 10 minutters togkoersel herfra. Her er der en st ... [full story]

Greece
165 days ago: Birdy85 published a blog
Greece
May 20th 2009  Europe » Greece » West Greece » Patras
We're ın Greece. I know you're not meant to pass opınıon when travel wrıtıng, the strength of the wrıtıng should convey all. Bugger ıt. We lıke Greece. ... 8 photos [full story]

Katakolon
179 days ago: LostHunters published a blog
Katakolon
May 12th 2009  Europe » Greece » West Greece » Olympia
This stop was amazing!!!! <Hey all sorry for the lack of entries we are in rome and have been here for a little over three days, internet cafes fill up pretty quick so it has been pretty hard to ge ... 9 photos [full story]

185 days ago: LostHunters published a blog
Still in the Greek Islands
May 7th 2009  Europe » Greece » West Greece
Our ship docked at Mykenos, Greece yesterday. We were both pretty indecisive of what we wanted to do for the day. We ended up taking the shuttle from the ship to the town. The town was the perfect pic ... [full story]


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Misvoola & Shade
Figs, A Sack & Barefeet
Seeing Pleidias
Sunset from the Ferry
Springtime in Patras
Greek Countryside

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