Greece : the mainland / [Charles Freeman [and others]].

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
7th ed.
Published/​Created
London : Somerset Books ; New York : WW Norton, [2006?]
Description
735 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 20 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Author
Library of Congress genre(s)
Series
Blue guide [More in this series]
Summary note
The birthplace of much of Western art, architecture, literature, and theater, Greece offers a rich and fascinating history. This guide offers excellent coverage of an endlessly intriguing destination, from earliest antiquity to the present. Detailed walks, unrivaled art history, and the most up-to-date practical information on where to stay and eat make this seventh edition a necessary guide for anyone who wants to make the most of their stay to a truly fascinating country.
Notes
Author from p. 9.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Ancient Greece
  • The ancient Greek temple
  • Greek painted pottery
  • Byzantine & Ottoman Greece
  • Byzantine art and architecture
  • The rediscovery of Greece
  • The Guide
  • Athens & Piraeus
  • Piraeus
  • Attica
  • The Peloponnese
  • Corinthia
  • The Argolid
  • Arcadia
  • Laconia
  • Messenia
  • Elis
  • Achaia
  • Central Greece
  • Boeotia
  • Phocis
  • Aetolia-Acarnania
  • Epirus
  • Thessaly
  • Trikala
  • Magnesia & Pelion
  • Larissa
  • Mount Olympus
  • Macedonia
  • Thessaloniki
  • Central Macedonia
  • Western Macedonia
  • Eastern Macedonia
  • Chalkidiki
  • Thrace
  • Regional maps
  • Corinthia, Argolid & east Arcadia
  • Laconia & south Arcadia
  • Messenia & central Arcadia
  • Boeotia & eastern Phocis
  • Phocis, Phthiotis & Evrytania
  • Thessaly (Trikala)
  • Thessaly (Pelion)
  • Thessaly (Larissa & Olympus)
  • City maps
  • Athens (central)
  • Athens (Pnyx & Kerameikos)
  • Athens (Kolonaki & Lycabettus)
  • Nafplion
  • Patras
  • Arta
  • Ioannina
  • Volos
  • Kastoria.
ISBN
  • 0393328368
  • 9780393328363
  • 1905131100
  • 9781905131105
OCLC
71211718
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