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Trieste
Milan
Venice
Turin The Peloponnese (see pp466–9), a large peninsula, connected
to the rest of the Greek mainland by the Corinth isthmus,
Parma abounds in ancient and medieval ruins. The heavily fortified
Genoa Bologna sea port of Monemvasía, in the southeastern corner, has many
well-preserved Byzantine and Venetian buildings.
Florence
Ancona
Siena
ITALY Pescara
(see pp368–443)

Rome
Foggia Serres
Bari
Naples Brindisi Thessaloníki Athens (see pp450–57)
is renowned for its
Kozani unrivaled collection of
Sardinia Classical antiquities.
The world-famous
Ioannina Lárisa Acropolis is dominated
Corfu by the 2,500-year-old
Cagliari GREECE Parthenon, built as an
(see pp444–89) expression of the glory
Reggio di of ancient Greece.
Calabria
Palermo Patra Athens
Sicily

Kalamata
0 km 100 Rhodes Town
0 miles 100 Rhodes

Irákleio
Crete

Crete (see pp476–7), the largest and most
southerly of the Greek islands, boasts clear
blue seas and fine sandy beaches. Inland,
there are ancient Minoan palaces and
dramatic mountainous landscapes.

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