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Ioannis Kapodistrias. On his arrival, Kapodistrias launched a major reform and modernisation programme that covered all areas. He re-established military unity by bringing an end to the second phase of the civil war; re-organised the military, which was then able to reconquer territory lost to the Ottoman military during the civil wars; [7] and introduced the first modern quarantine system in ...
Totius Graeciae Descriptio was warmly received by contemporary cartographers, and was indirectly adopted as the definition of modern Greece. [3] Consequently, the profound map was reprinted many times. The first was in Basel in 1544 and 1545 by Oporin. The eight page map is believed to be very similar to Sophianos's
13 February 1914 (Protocol of Florence ) The Great Powers assign the islands of the eastern Aegean (apart from the Italian-occupied Dodecanese) to Greece. Imbros, Tenedos, and Kastellorizo are returned to the Ottoman Empire. 27 November 1919 (Treaty of Neuilly): Western Thrace, formerly Bulgarian, is annexed to Greece.
The Ionian Academy in Corfu, the first academic institution of modern Greece The new National Library of Greece at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre. Greeks have a long tradition of valuing and investing in paideia (education), which was upheld as one of the highest societal values in the Greek and Hellenistic world.
Map showing modern regions of Greece Bordering the region of Central Macedonia there is one autonomous region, Mount Athos ( Agion Oros , or "Holy Mountain"), an autonomous monastic community under Greek sovereignty.
Topographic map of Greece. Greece is located in South Eastern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. It has a total area of 131,957 km 2 (50,949 sq mi), [6] of which land area is 130,647 km 2 and internal waters (lakes and rivers) account for 1,310 km 2.
Map showing the distribution of major Modern Greek dialect areas spoken in Greece [45] The dialect of Northern Epirus (not listed here) belongs to the southern varieties. Map showing important isoglosses between the traditional Modern Greek dialects (c.1900).
The provinces of Greece (Greek: επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially financial and educational services, as well as for electoral purposes.