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symi.gr. Symi, also transliterated as Syme or Simi ( Greek: Σύμη ), is a Greek island and municipality. It is mountainous and has the harbour town of Symi and its adjacent upper town Ano Symi, as well as several smaller population centres, beaches and areas of significance in history and mythology. Symi is part of the Rhodes regional unit.
Crete (/ k r iː t / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti, Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
Milos was one of the first islands to join the Greek War of Independence of 1821. The first naval battle of the war took place off the coast of Milos on 11 April 1821. [44] Milos became a refuge for refugees from numerous islands, particularly Crete. The port town of Adamantas was founded by Cretan refugees from the Cretan Revolt in 1841. [45] [46]
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the ...
Modelzone (often typeset ModelZone and Model Zone) is a scale model brand, owned by British retailer WHSmith, of which scale models and related products are sold in WHSmith stores and online. [ 4][ 5][ 6] Prior to administration and the subsequent acquisition of the brand by WHSmith in 2013, it operated as a retail company through a chain of ...
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo ( US: / ˌkɑːstəˈlɔːrɪzoʊ / KAH-stə-LOR-iz-oh; [ 3] Greek: Καστελλόριζο, romanized : Kastellórizo ), officially Megisti ( Μεγίστη, Megísti ), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean. [ 4][ 5] It lies roughly 2 kilometres (1 mile) off the south ...
Skopelos ( Greek: Σκόπελος, romanized : Skópelos, [ˈskopelos]) is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea. Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the Northern Sporades island group, which lies east of the Pelion peninsula on the mainland and north of the island of Euboea. It is part of the Thessaly region.
Euboea ( / juːˈbiːə /, yoo-BEE-ə; Greek: Εὔβοια Eúboia, Ancient: [ěu̯boi̯a], Modern: [ˈevia] ), also known by its modern spelling Evia ( / ˈɛviə /, EH-vee-ə ), is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete, and the sixth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is separated from Boeotia in ...