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Thymaina (Greek: Θύμαινα) is a small Greek island in the Ikaria regional unit, in the eastern Aegean Sea. Thymaina is located just west of Fournoi Korseon and is administratively a part of its municipality. Its name is said to be derived from the thyme that grows throughout the island. [1]
Icaria, also spelled Ikaria (Greek: Ικαρία, ), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. Administratively, Icaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria regional unit , which is part of the North Aegean region .
The Ikaria Study is a small-scale survey by the University of Athens School of Medicine of the diet and lifestyle of Greek people over age 80 on the island of Ikaria. [1] The study found that the Ikarian diet includes olive oil, red wine, fish, coffee, herbal tea, honey, potatoes, garbanzo beans, black-eyed peas, lentils, and a limited amount of meat, sugar and dairy products, except goat milk.
Agios Kirykos (Greek: Άγιος Κήρυκος) is a town and a former municipality on the island of Ikaria, North Aegean, Greece.Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ikaria, of which it is a municipal unit. [2]
Evdilos (Greek: Εύδηλος) is a village and a former municipality in the central part of the island of Ikaria, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ikaria, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] 40 km northwest of Agios Kirykos. Its name means visible and freely rendered open horizon.
The Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian is dedicated to St John, who wrote both his Gospel and the Apocalypse on the island of Pátmos, according to Christian tradition. It was founded in the late 10th century and it has been a place of pilgrimage and Greek Orthodox learning ever since. The old settlement of Chorá, associated with the ...
Ikaria (Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Ικαρίας) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of North Aegean . The regional unit covers the island of Ikaria and the small archipelago Fournoi Korseon , in the Aegean Sea .
Dan Buettner (born June 18, 1960) is an American author, explorer, storyteller, longevity researcher and public speaker. [2] [3] He co-produced the 3 time Emmy Award winning [4] documentary TV mini series Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones (2023) based on his book of the same name and holds three Guinness records for distance cycling.