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  • Athens. Greece. View of the national flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_071.tif
  • National flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_076.tif
  • National flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_077.tif
  • National flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_074.tif
  • Athens. Greece. View of the national flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_072.tif
  • Athens. Greece. View of the national flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_070.tif
  • Athens. Greece. View of the national flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_069.tif
  • National flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_075.tif
  • National flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_073.tif
  • Athens. Greece. View of the national flag of Greece flying high and proudly on a flag pole against a blue sky backdrop. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_068.tif
  • Lykavittos. Athens. Greece. View of Greek soldiers furling the Greek National flag on Lykavittos Hill which rises 277 metres above the city of Athens and is its highest hill. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_066.tif
  • Lykavittos. Athens. Greece. View of Greek soldiers furling the Greek National flag on Lykavittos Hill which rises 277 metres above the city of Athens and is its highest hill. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_067.tif
  • Lykavittos. Athens. Greece. View of Greek soldiers furling the Greek National flag on Lykavittos Hill which rises 277 metres above the city of Athens and is its highest hill. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_065.tif
  • Turkey. Kusadasi. View of the flag of Turkey on a ferryboat sailing away from Kusadasi on the Aegean west coast of Turkey. The flag is a predominately red flag with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre and is largely based on the late flag of the Ottoman Empire.
    Turkey_Kusadasi_027.tif
  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. Greek soliders saluting the Greek flag during the early morning on the Acropolis in Athens. The Greek national flag is unfurled every morning and furled before sunset. The Greek flag is made up of two very important colours to Greeks, Blue and white. These two colours embody the blue of the Hellenic Sea and the Whiteness of its restless waves. According to myth and legend, the Goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite emerged from these waves. In addition, the flag also reflects the blue of the Greek Sky and the White of the clouds. The established religion of the country Greek Orthodoxy is represented by the white cross in the upper hoist-side corner.
    Greece_Athens_1057.tif
  • Turkey. Kusadasi. View of the flag of Turkey on a ferryboat sailing away from Kusadasi on the Aegean west coast of Turkey. The flag is a predominately red flag with a white crescent moon and a star in its centre and is largely based on the late flag of the Ottoman Empire.
    Turkey_Kusadasi_026.tif
  • Plaka. Athens. Greece. View of the Greek National Flag in a pot plant in the shape of a cat in the historical area of old Athens known as the Plaka. The Plaka, the prime visitor area of Athens, is charming labyrinth of narrow winding streets and alleys that meander below the Acropolis. The lively central streets of the neighbourhood, is packed full of shops selling Greek souvenirs and handicrafts, plus there are an endless number of restaurants and cafes. Away from the tourist section, the streets are peaceful and are lined with beautiful and grand neoclassical mansions built in the 19th century.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_056.tif
  • Plaka. Athens. Greece. View of the Greek National Flag in a pot plant in the shape of a cat in the historical area of old Athens known as the Plaka. The Plaka, the prime visitor area of Athens, is charming labyrinth of narrow winding streets and alleys that meander below the Acropolis. The lively central streets of the neighbourhood, is packed full of shops selling Greek souvenirs and handicrafts, plus there are an endless number of restaurants and cafes. Away from the tourist section, the streets are peaceful and are lined with beautiful and grand neoclassical mansions built in the 19th century.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_055.tif
  • Dusk view of a Greek flag overlooking the hills and waters surrounding the town of Nafplio. Peloponnese. Greece.
    Greece_Nafplio_007.tif
  • Plaka. Athens. Greece. View of the Greek National Flag in a pot plant in the shape of a cat in the historical area of old Athens known as the Plaka. The Plaka, the prime visitor area of Athens, is charming labyrinth of narrow winding streets and alleys that meander below the Acropolis. The lively central streets of the neighbourhood, is packed full of shops selling Greek souvenirs and handicrafts, plus there are an endless number of restaurants and cafes. Away from the tourist section, the streets are peaceful and are lined with beautiful and grand neoclassical mansions built in the 19th century.
    Greece_Athens_General_Sights_054.tif
  • Samos. Greece. View of a Greek flag on top of a fishing boat docked in the pretty harbour of Pythagoreio. The town is the most popular and fashionable on the island and was named after the great philosopher Pythaogaras who was born here in 580 BC.
    Greece_Samos_Pythagorion_027.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View of a section of columns from the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_021.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View from within the Oval forum which leads into the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elaborate Corinthian columns and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_016.tif
  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. View of the Greek flag and various sized fluted column pieces or drums on the Acropolis. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Athens_1063.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan.  View along the Northern end of the Colonnaded Street or Cardo Maximus towards the North Gate which marks the end of the Cardo. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_042.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View along a section of the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus which is the main thoroughfare of the ancient city. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_027.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View of a section of columns from the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_022.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View along a section of the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus which is the main thoroughfare of the ancient city. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_020.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View from within the Oval forum which leads into the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elaborate Corinthian columns and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_017.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan.  View along the Northern end of the Colonnaded Street or Cardo Maximus towards the North Gate which marks the end of the Cardo. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_007.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View along a section of the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus which is the main thoroughfare of the ancient city. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_001.tif
  • Cappadocia. Turkey. View of the Turkish flag and a drifting Butterfly hot air balloon in Cappadocia. Cappadocia is one of most magical places in the world to take a hot air balloon ride. Flights always take place at dawn.
    Turkey-Cappadocia_067.tif
  • Turkish flag and panoramic view of the modern-day town of Karpuzlu from the hilltop of the ancient city of Alinda, Caria, Anatolia, Turkey.
    Turkey_Alinda_086.jpg
  • Extinction Rebellion flag. Melbourne. Australia.
    Activism_Rallys_034.jpg
  • Argentina - Buenos Aires - Argentine Flag
    Argentina_Buenos_Aires_063.tif
  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. View of the Greek National flag flying above the tourist lookout point on the northern corner on top of the Acropolis. The lookout provides panoramic views of the city of Athens including, The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch and Lykavittos Hill.
    Greece_Athens_1059.tif
  • Acropolis. Athens. Greece. View of the Greek National flag flying above the tourist lookout point on the northern corner on top of the Acropolis. The lookout provides panoramic views of the city of Athens including, The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch and Lykavittos Hill.
    Greece_Athens_1058.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan.  View north, along a section of the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus which is the main thoroughfare of the ancient city. In the background is the monumental North Tetrapylon. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_072.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan.  View along the Northern end of the Colonnaded Street or Cardo Maximus towards the North Gate which marks the end of the Cardo. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_043.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan.  View north, along a section of the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus which is the main thoroughfare of the ancient city. In the background is the monumental North Tetrapylon. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_035.tif
  • Jerash. Jordan. View of a section of columns from the colonnaded street or Cardo Maximus. Paved with original flag stones and stretching over 800 metres long from the oval forum to the north gate, the awesome Cardo offers a spectacular vista of life in Roman times. It is flanked by elegant topped with Corinthian capitals and lined by city’s most important buildings, shops and residences. Situated in northern Jordan the expansive Greco-Roman ancient city of Jerash is one of the best-preserved ancient Roman provincial towns in the Mediterranean.
    Jordan_Jerash_004.tif
  • Samos. Greece. View of four flags of Greece flying proudly on the waterfront of Vathy or Samos town. Vathy is situated on a horseshoe shaped bay and is the capital and largest town of Samos.
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_017.tif
  • Samos. Greece. Themistoklis Sophoulis monument with four flags of Greece on the waterfront of Vathy or Samos town. Vathy is situated on a horseshoe shaped bay and is the capital and largest town of Samos.
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_016.tif
  • Samos. Greece. Themistoklis Sophoulis monument with four flags of Greece on the waterfront of Vathy or Samos town. Vathy is situated on a horseshoe shaped bay and is the capital and largest town of Samos.
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_020.tif
  • Knossos. Crete. Greece. Panoramic view of the Palace of Knossos West Court paved with limestone flags and the West Façade which is made of massive gypsum blocks. The court had multiple uses such as a gathering place, as a market or even as Ariadne’s dancing floor as mentioned by Homer. The highly sophisticated Minoans which were Europe’s first great civilization built the Palace of Knossos, the legendary home of King Minos which is connected with thrilling legends, such as the myth of the Labyrinth, with the Minotaur and the story of Daidalos and Ikaros. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Knossos_010.tif
  • Station master with flags, railway station platform, Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Opened in 1884, the historic station served a vital role in supporting the gold mining industry and the economic development of the town and district in general. It was closed 1976 and then reopened in the 1980’s and today the Victorian Goldfields Railway runs regular steam trains along the branch line from Maldon to Castlemaine.
    Australia_Maldon_Railway_Station_048.jpg
  • Station master with flags, railway station platform, Maldon, Victoria, Australia. Opened in 1884, the historic station served a vital role in supporting the gold mining industry and the economic development of the town and district in general. It was closed 1976 and then reopened in the 1980’s and today the Victorian Goldfields Railway runs regular steam trains along the branch line from Maldon to Castlemaine.
    Australia_Maldon_Railway_Station_046.jpg
  • Aegina. Greece. View of a monument with small cannons and Greek flags on the waterfront promenade of Aegina town. Aegina town is the capital of the green and historic Island of Aegina which is 35 minutes from the port of Piraeus and part of the popular archipelago known as the Saronic Gulf Islands.
    Greece-Aegina_060.jpg
  • Knossos. Crete. Greece. Part view of the Palace of Knossos West Court paved with limestone flags and the West Façade which is made of massive gypsum blocks. The court had multiple uses such as a gathering place, as a market or even as Ariadne’s dancing floor as mentioned by Homer. The highly sophisticated Minoans which were Europe’s first great civilization built the Palace of Knossos, the legendary home of King Minos which is connected with thrilling legends, such as the myth of the Labyrinth, with the Minotaur and the story of Daidalos and Ikaros. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Knossos_009.tif
  • Knossos. Crete. Greece. Part view of the Palace of Knossos West Court paved with limestone flags and the West Façade which is made of massive gypsum blocks. The court had multiple uses such as a gathering place, as a market or even as Ariadne’s dancing floor as mentioned by Homer. The highly sophisticated Minoans which were Europe’s first great civilization built the Palace of Knossos, the legendary home of King Minos which is connected with thrilling legends, such as the myth of the Labyrinth, with the Minotaur and the story of Daidalos and Ikaros. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Knossos_011.tif
  • View of the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George in Tripoli, Libya. The church was built 1647 AD and is the oldest Orthodox in North Africa.  The church has been the target of numerous attacks since 2011 with shots fired and icons damaged and Greek and Cypriot flags burned.
    LIbya_Tripoli_104.tif
  • Turkey. The Monument of Ataturk and Youth with flags of Turkey on the waterfront promenade in Kusadasi. Kusadasi is a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
    Turkey_Kusadasi_002.tif
  • Turkey. The Monument of Ataturk and Youth with flags of Turkey on the waterfront promenade in Kusadasi. Kusadasi is a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
    Turkey_Kusadasi_003.tif