In a small valley in the Peloponnesus, the shrine of Asklepios, the god of medicine, developed out of a much earlier ...
The four edifices of the site reflect the high points of the Byzantine-Romanesque ecclesiastical culture, with its distinct style of wall ...
Inhabited since prehistoric times, Butrint has been the site of a Greek colony, a Roman city and a bishopric. Following a ...
Berat and Gjirokastra are inscribed as rare examples of an architectural character typical of the Ottoman period. Located in central Albania, ...
Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries (the first is in Attica, near Athens, the second in Phocida near ...
The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of the ...
Situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid, the town of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe. Built ...
In a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these 'columns of the sky' from the 11th century onwards. ...
The city of Aigai, the ancient first capital of the Kingdom of Macedonia, was discovered in the 19th century near Vergina, ...
An Orthodox spiritual centre since 1054, Mount Athos has enjoyed an autonomous statute since Byzantine times. The 'Holy Mountain', which is ...
Founded in 315 B.C., the provincial capital and sea port of Thessalonika was one of the first bases for the spread ...