Greece

By Sara Campitelli & Chiara Torlaschi

Phisical map

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Boundaries and climate

• Greece is situated in Eastern Europe, in the end of Balcanic Peninsula

• Its boundaries are:

– Albania on the N-W

– Macedonia on the N

– Bulgaria on the N

– Mediterranean Sea on the E, S and W

– Turkey on the W

• The climate is temperate Mediterranean with mild winters and hot dry summers

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Territory

• Greece is mostly mountainous, the most important mountains are:

– Mount Olympus (2919 m)

– Pindus Mountains (2637 m)

• The major rivers:

– Evros River

– Loudia River

• The major lake:

– Prespa Lakes

• The seas:

– Ionian Sea

– Sea of Crete

– Mediterranean Sea

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Mountains and rivers

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Mount Olympus Pindus Mountains

Evros river Loudia river

Seas

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Mediterranean Sea

Sea of Crete

Ionian Sea

Population

• Population: ~ 10.768.000, density 84 ps/km²

• Language: Greek, spoken by 99% of population

• Religion: 98% of population is Christian Orthodox

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Major cities

• Major Cities:

– ATHENS (capital) 3.252.000;

– Thessaloniki 834.000

– Patras 210.000

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Patras Thessaloniki

Athens

History

• 2000 B.C. -> Indo-European peoples, including the Mycenaeans, enter Greece.

• 1200 B.C. -> Dorians, another Indo-European people, invaded Greece.

• 750 B.C. -> classical Greece foundation, the form of government is the city-state

• 5th century B.C. -> peak of Greece civilization

• 2nd century B.C. -> Greece became a Roman province.

• 1460 A.C. -> Greece became a province in the Ottoman Empire

• 1821 – 1827 A.C. -> Greek war of independence

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Economy

• Agriculture: corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, grapes, tomatoes, wine,

wheat, oil, tobacco, potatoes, dairy products, ovine breeding and fishing.

• Industries: food and tobacco processing, chemicals and metal products.

• Exports: food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products,

chemicals, textiles

• Imports: machinery, transport equipment, fuels and chemicals

• Tourism is very important in Greece, because of its rich history and beautiful

beaches.

• Currency: euro

• Type of government: parliamentary republic

Production

OliveFood processing

Wine production Imported fuel

Famous places

• Famous Places:

– Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens

– Ionian Islands

– Delphi Theatre

– Meteora (monasteries that are "suspended in air")

– Santorini

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Meteora Santorini Delphi theatre

Parthenon

Famous people

• Famous People:

– Pitagora -> mathematician

– Aristotele, Platone -> philosophers

– Tsipras -> politician

– Angelos Charisteas -> football player

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Angelos Charisteas

Tsipras

Pitagora

PlatoneAristotele

Culture

• Culture: influences from ancient civilisations (Byzantine, East cultures).

• Music: ancient music near the Black sea (Pontos), with the sound of the goat skin

bagpipes (Tsampounes)

• Food: moussaka, baklava, thick coffee, bughatsa and resinated wine (retsina)

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Traditional sweet

• Bughatsa (Thessaloniki):

– Puff pastry

– Custard

– Roll out the pastry: half spread with cream, put the other half on it

– 25 minutes in the oven at 200°

– Add sugar and cinnamom

– Enjoy your meal!

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