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GREEK WEDDINGAbout 98 per cent of Greeks follow the Greek Orthodox religion, and weddings follow the rites of the Orthodox Church. At the ceremony it is traditional for the best man
to place wreaths of orange
blossom, linked by a silk ribbon, on the heads of
the bride and the
groom (above).
ATHENS
The capital city of
Greece is dominated by the Parthenon, a temple built in
447–438
BCEon a rocky hill known as
the Acropolis. Modern-day Athens is
a sprawling city where the large number
of cars cause serious air pollution.
CORINTH CANALThe Corinth Canal
was built to provide
a shortcut for ships
travelling between the
Aegean and Ionian Seas. Dug through solid limestone, the
GREEK ISLANDSMore than 2,000 islands lie off the mainland of Greece. The Cyclades and Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea are often rocky and arid, while the Ionian Islands, such as Zákynthos (below), are more fertile. Tourists often travel from one island to another by ferry steep-sided canal was begun in 1882 by the French and completed in 1893 by the Greeks.
or hovercraft.
EARTHQUAKESThe idyllic landscape of the Greek Islands, such as Santorini (left), can be rocked by earthquakes. This is because the islands and mainland of Greece, as well as Bulgaria, sit on a plate boundary. There is now a Greek Seismic Code that outlines regulations on all new buildings.
LANGUAGEThe 24 characters in the Greek alphabet date from the 8th century
BCE, when the
first texts were written in classical Greek. Since then the language has evolved and is now spoken by 13 million people around the world.
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