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Exarcheia (Greek: Εξάρχεια pronounced [eˈksaɾ.çi.a]) is a community in central Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Exarcheia took its name from a 19th-century businessman named Exarchos (Greek: Έξαρχος ) who opened a large general store there.
Dion (Greek: Δίον; [note 1] Ancient Greek: Δῖον; [note 2] Latin: Dium) is a village and municipal unit in the municipality of Dion-Olympos in the Pieria regional unit, Greece. [note 3] It is located at the foot of Mount Olympus at a distance of 17 km from the capital city of Katerini. The seat of the municipal unit was in Kondariotissa.
Mavrovouni is a village about 2 km south of the town of Gytheio, in Laconia, Greece.It is located on a steep hill of dark rock [1] between the hill of Kumaros [2] above Gytheio and the alluvial plain of the Vardhounia river lies a belt of low sandy hills.
Neochori (Greek: Νεοχώρι) is a village and a community situated on the peninsula of Pelion, Magnesia, eastern Thessaly, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Afetes. The village is hidden in the embrace of a vast pine forest 480 meters above sea level, and about 35 km southeast of the city of Volos. The community Neochori ...
In addition, the council elects 2 to 6 town hall committee members. In the case of mergers, local village or town councils (like communal quarters) may still exist to provide feedback and ideas to the larger governing body. Council members are elected via public election every four years on the basis of a party system.
The submerged city of Pavlopetri (Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) is found in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece. It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world. [citation needed] Pavlopetri is unique in having an almost complete town plan, including streets, buildings, and tombs.
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Mati (Greek: Mάτι, meaning "eye") is a village in Greece. The village is located on the east coast of the Attica region, 29 kilometres (18 mi) east of Athens , and it is a popular holiday resort.