LAND OF LEGENDARY BEAUTY AND OLD GLORIES, STRUGGLING TO MAKE ITS WAY/N THE MODERN WORLD
A 17th-century travel writer said of Greece: 'The mind is fascinated, the body faints, the eyes become moist and are delighted. It is a legendary country, which attracts lyrical prose. It has great natural beauty, a rich architectural heritage in monuments, which are famous throughout the world, and priceless art treasures.
Some 2500 years ago, Greece was the centre of the Western world, where European civilization and the concept of democratic government were born. Today, Greece is suffering economic hardship, and its famous ruins symbolize the 20th-century poverty of a once-great nation.
In between, Greece has had a tumultuous history, It flourished even under the Roman Empire, which ruled Greece from 146 BC, and even more In the Byzantine period from AD 330. But in 1460, seven years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, Greece became a Turkish province and remained under Turkish rule for nearly 400 years - a period that has coloured Greek politics and foreign affairs to this day. After an eight-year war (1821-9), Greece became an independent kingdom, but its present frontiers were not stabilized until after the Second World War.
Locals hypothesize that the legacy of Italian blood and culture in Cologne, colonized by the Romans more than 1500 years ago, makes the people more jovial and lighthearted. Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine.
Kolsch is not only the dialect spoken here but, also the name of their own top-fermented beer. There are more than 4,000 pubs, restaurant's and brewery taverns in Cologne.
Unlike many of the world's large cities, Cologne, with a population of over a million, gets better every day, there are more things to do and see, more new and innovative buildings... more
Travel is an opportunity to learn, whether geography, languages, history or other subjects.
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Cologne is situated on the beautiful Rhine River.