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Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος meaning Saint George) is a village and a former municipality on the island of Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece.Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Corfu, of which it is a municipal unit. [2]
Near the island, Pericles defeated the Samians in a naval engagement in 440 BCE. [5] In modern times, the island (dependent on Patmos) was occupied in 1912 by the Kingdom of Italy during the Italo-Turkish war and, after being part of the Italian Islands of the Aegean (of which it was the northernmost islet), [2] was ceded from Italy to Greece in 1947 with the Treaty of Peace.
Pagoi (Greek: Πάγοι) is a village in the northwestern part of Corfu Island in Greece, and a community of the municipal unit Agios Georgios. The community consists of the villages Pagoi, Agios Georgios, Prinylas, Roumpatatika and Vatonies. The community had a population of 394 as of the 2021 census.
Gouvia is a village and resort beside a natural harbour in Corfu, Greece. It is situated around 8 km (5 miles) North of Corfu town . It is separated from the Bay of Gouvia to the south by a headland on which is found the village of Kontókali .
Palaiokastritsa (Greek: Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning Little Old Castle place, referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a village in northwestern Corfu, Greece. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time ...
The Monastery of Saint George of Skyros (Greek: Άη-Γώργης Σκυριανός) is a Byzantine monastery on the Greek island of Skyros. The monastery was founded in AD 962 by Saint Athanasius the Athonite .
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Greek cuisine is the cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. [1] In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean , it is founded on the triad of wheat , olive oil , and wine . [ 2 ] It uses vegetables , olive oil , grains, fish , and meat , including pork , poultry , veal and beef , lamb , rabbit , and goat .