Greece is a southern European country with a parliamentary republic government, a population of 10,706,290, and Greek as the official language. Tourism is important to the economy, along with agriculture and industries such as food, textile, chemical, mining, and petroleum. Greece has many landmarks and notable features, including archaeological finds and modern attractions. Greek cuisine is characterized by olive oil, seafood, honey, oregano, goat cheese, wine, and lamb. Notable Greeks include philosophers, historians, playwrights, poets, musicians, actors, and directors.
Greece is a southern European country, with its southern borders and most of its eastern borders formed by the Ionian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea. To the north, its land border is with Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey. It includes a number of island chains. The capital is Athens.
The country’s official name is the Hellenic Republic, and it is a parliamentary republic. The population in July 2007 was estimated at 10,706,290. Greek, the official language of Greece, is spoken by 99% of the population, with the other 1% speaking a variety of languages, including English and French.
Tourism is an important part of the economy of Greece. Agricultural products include grains, such as barley, corn, and wheat; olives, wine, tomatoes and potatoes; and beef. Industries other than tourism include the food, textile, chemical, mining and petroleum industries.
Landmarks and notable features abound in Greece, including many fine archaeological finds and items of modern interest. Athens is home to the Parthenon on the Acropolis, the Temples of Olympian Zeus, Hephaestus and the agora. Mycenae, Delphi, Olympia, Corinth and Thessaloniki are just some of the places that shed light on Greek history. Archaeological tours and tours following the travels of the Apostle Paul are available.
People who have made notable contributions to the culture of Greece include:
philosophers, such as Aristotle, Plato and Socrates;
historians, such as Themistocles, Thucydides and Herodotus;
playwrights, such as Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides and Sophocles;
scrittori, come Nikos Kazantzakis and Giorgos Seferis?
poets, such as Homer and Sappho;
musicians, such as Maria Callas, Vangelis, Yanni and Nana Mouskouri
actors, such as Melina Mercouri and Irene Papas; And
directors, such as Elia Kazan.
Greek cuisine is characterized by olive oil, olives, seafood, honey, oregano, goat cheese, wine and lamb. Famous dishes include dolmades – stuffed grape leaves, spanakopita – a stuffed phyllo usually containing spinach and feta cheese; gyros: lamb sandwich on pita; avgolemono — an egg soup with lemon; souvlaki – grilled meat; or baklava — layered phyllo dough with nuts, sugar syrup, honey and spices.
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