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[3] Greece has 19 properties in Greece inscribed on the World Heritage List, 17 of which are cultural sites and two (Meteora and Mount Athos) are mixed, listed for both their natural and cultural significance. The first site added to the list was the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, in 1986.
Greece is the European Union's largest producer of cotton [249] and pistachios (7,200 tons in 2021), [250] [251] second in olives (3m tons in 2021), third in figs (8,400 tons in 2022) and watermelons (440,000 tons in 2022) and fourth in almonds (40,000 tons in 2022). [251] Agriculture contributes 3.8% of GDP and employs 12% of the labour force.
Archaeological discoveries in 2006 by a team of international scientists revealed that the Santorini event was much more massive than previously thought; it expelled 61 km 3 (15 cu mi) of magma and rock into the Earth's atmosphere, compared to previous estimates of only 39 km 3 (9.4 cu mi) in 1991, [51] [52] [better source needed] producing an ...
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Parga (Greek: Πάργα, Párga, pronounced) is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the regional unit of Preveza in Epirus, northwestern Greece.The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. [3]
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. At least three civilians are killed and 15 others are injured in Russian cruise missile strikes on the city of Dnipro. Insurgency in the Sahel. Mali War. Three civilians, two gendarmes and one policeman are killed as gunmen attack a checkpoint in Koulikoro, Mali. Insurgency in Balochistan
White sand, calm water and water activities are selling points for No. 3 Eagle Beach in Oranjestad, Aruba. The top US beach — No. 4 on the global list — is Siesta Beach on Florida’s Siesta Key.
[2] [3] The season during which a monastery may hold Kathina is one month long, beginning after the full moon of the eleventh month in the Lunar calendar (usually October). It is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to bhikkhus (Buddhist monks). [4] [5] Lay followers bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks.