Listed 20 sub titles with search on: UNESCO - World Heritage List for wider area of: "GREECE Country EUROPE" .
ACROPOLIS (Acropolis) ATHENS
Illustrating the civilizations, myths and religions that flourished in Greece over a period of more than a thousand years, the Acropolis, which contains four of the greatest masterpieces of classical Greek art - the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheum and the temple of Athena Nike - can be considered to symbolise the idea of world heritage.
AGION OROS (Mountain) HALKIDIKI
Orthodox spiritual centre since 1054, the "Holy Mountain", forbidden to women and children, and with an autonomous statute since Byzantine times, Mount Athos is also a recognised artistic site. The layout of these monasteries (about twenty of which are presently inhabited by 1,400 monks) exercised its influence as far afield as Russia, and its school of painting influenced the history of Orthodox art.
DELFI (Ancient sanctuary) FOKIDA
The Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of Omphalos, the "navel of the world". In harmony with its superb natural landscape and charged with sacred meaning, in the 6th century B.C. it was indeed the religious centre and symbol of the unity of the ancient Greek world.
DELOS (Island) KYKLADES
According to Greek mythology, Apollo is said to have been born on this tiny island in the Cyclades archipelago. Apollo's sanctuary attracted pilgrims from all over Greece and Delos was a prosperous trading port. The island bears traces of the succeeding civilizations in the Aegean world, from the 3rd millennium B.C. to the Paleochristian era. The archeological site is exceptionally extense and rich and conveys the image of a great cosmopolitan port of the Mediterranean.
EGES (Ancient city) IMATHIA
The ancient first capital of the kingdom of Macedonia -- the city of Aigai -- was discovered in the last century near Vergina, in northern Greece. The most important remains are the monumental palace, lavishly decorated with mosaics and painted stucco, and the burial ground with more than 300 tumuli, some of which date from the 11th century BC. One of the royal tombs in the Great Tumulus is identified as that of Philip II, who conquered all the Greek cities, paving the way for his son Alexander and the expansion of the Hellenic world.
HERAION (Ancient sanctuary) SAMOS
Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. Remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and its spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well as the temple of Heraion, sanctuary of the Samian Hero, can still be seen.
METEORA (Area of exceptional beauty) TRIKALA
In a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these "columns of the sky" from the 11th century on. At the time of the great revival of the eremitic ideal in the 15th century, twenty-four of these monasteries were built despite incredible difficulties. Their 16th-century frescoes are a fundamental stage in the development of post-Byzantine painting.
MONI OSSIOU LOUKA (Monastery) DISTOMO
Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas, and Nea Moni of Chios
Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries
(the first is in Attica, near Athens, the second in Phocida near Delphi, and the
third on an island in the Aegean Sea, near Asia Minor) belong to the same typological
series and share the same aesthetic characteristics. The churches are built on
a cross-in-square plan with a large dome supported by squinches defining an octagonal
space. In the 11th and 12th centuries they were decorated with superb marble works
as well as mosaics on a gold background, all characteristic of the 'second golden
age of Byzantine art'.
MYCENAE (Mycenean palace) ARGOLIS
The Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns are imposing ruins of the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilisation which dominated the eastern Mediterranean world in the 15th to 12th centuries BC and which played a vital role in the development of the culture of classical Greece. These two cities are indissolubly linked to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which have influenced European art and literature for more than three millennia.
NEA MONI (Monastery) CHIOS
Monasteries of Daphni, Hossios Luckas, and Nea Moni of Chios
Although geographically distant from each other, these three monasteries
(the first is in Attica, near Athens, the second in Phocida near Delphi, and the
third on an island in the Aegean Sea, near Asia Minor) belong to the same typological
series and share the same aesthetic characteristics. The churches are built on
a cross-in-square plan with a large dome supported by squinches defining an octagonal
space. In the 11th and 12th centuries they were decorated with superb marble works
as well as mosaics on a gold background, all characteristic of the 'second golden
age of Byzantine art'.
PATMOS (Small town) DODEKANISSOS
The Historic Centre (Chora) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Patmos
The town of Chora on the island of Patmos is one of the few settlements in Greece that have evolved uninterruptedly since the 12th century. There are few other places in the world where religious ceremonies that date back to the early Christian times are still being practised unchanged.
The Monastery of Hagios Ioannis Theologos (Saint John the Theologian) and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the island of Patmos, together with the associated medieval settlement of Chora, constitute an exceptional example of a traditional Greek Orthodox pilgrimage centre of outstanding architectural interest.
The Monastery of Hagios Ioannis Theologos and the Cave of the Apocalypse commemorate the site where St John the Theologian (Divine), the "Beloved Disciple," composed two of the most sacred Christian works, his Gospel and the Apocalypse.
RHODES (Town) DODEKANISSOS
The Knightly Order of St John of Jerusalem occupied the city from 1309 to 1523 and set about transforming the city into a stronghold. It was subsequently under Turkish and Italian rule. Its Upper Town is one of the most beautiful urban ensembles of the Gothic period, with its Palace of the Grand Masters, the Great Hospital and the Street of the Knights. In the Lower Town the Gothic architecture co-exists with mosques, public baths and other buildings built during the Ottoman period.
SAMOS (Ancient city) SAMOS
Many civilizations have inhabited this small Aegean island, near Asia Minor, since the 3rd millennium B.C. Remains of Pythagoreion, an ancient fortified port with Greek and Roman monuments and its spectacular tunnel-aqueduct, as well as the temple of Heraion, sanctuary of the Samian Hero, can still be seen.
TIRYNS (Mycenean palace) ARGOLIS
The Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns are imposing ruins of the two greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilisation which dominated the eastern Mediterranean world in the 15th to 12th centuries BC and which played a vital role in the development of the culture of classical Greece. These two cities are indissolubly linked to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which have influenced European art and literature for more than three millennia.
BASSAE (Ancient sanctuary) ILIA
This famous temple to the god of the sun and healing was built towards the middle of the 5th century B.C. in the lonely heights of the Arcadian mountains. The temple, which contains the oldest Corinthian capital that has been found to date, combines the archaic style and the serenity of the Doric style with some daring architectural structures.
THESSALONIKI (Ancient city) MAKEDONIA CENTRAL
Founded in 315 B.C., Thessalonika, provincial capital and seaport, was one of the first bases for the spread of Christianity. Among its Christian monuments are distinguished churches, built in the Greek cross-plan and a three-nave basilica plan. Constructed over a long period, from the 4th to 15th centuries, they thus constitute a diachronic typological series, which had considerable influence in the Byzantine world. The mosaics of the Rotond, Saint-Demetrius and Saint David's are among the great masterpieces of early Christian art.
ASKLEPIEION OF EPIDAURUS (Ancient sanctuary) ARGOLIS
In a small valley in the Peloponnesus, the site of Epidaurus sprawls out over several levels. The cult of Asclepius first began there, in the 6th century B.C., but the main monuments, particularly the Theatre, considered one of the purest masterpieces of Greek architecture, date from the 4th century. The vast site is a tribute to the healing cults of Greek and Roman times, with temples and hospital buildings devoted to its gods
RHODES (Town) DODEKANISSOS
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