Greece.(cultural landscape of Greece)

From: Focus on Geography | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: McHenry, Stewart | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION: TALES, THOUGHTS, AND TAPESTRY.

The cultural landscape of Greece includes strains of music, smells of incense, glittering mosaics, winds of the Maltimi, and images of ancient places. The five human senses are the basic receptors of impressions of this exploration of Greece. The realm of fantasy, imagination, and memory plays a part in coloring the images of this ancient European culture hearth. At locations such as Delos and Delphi the thoughtful traveler sh...

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