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21st primary school of Athens

Greece

We are in the south of Europe. Greece borders Albania, Serbia,Bulgaria

and Turkey.

It belongs to the Balkan peninsula.

NATIONAL ANTHEMIt was written by Dionysios

Solomos in 1865 in Zakynthos. It was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros . The greek title is

Hymnos is tin Eleftheria.It was translated in English by

Rudyard kipling.

• We knew thee of old, Oh, divinely restored,By the lights of thine eyesAnd the light of thy Sword

From the graves of our slainShall thy valour prevailAs we greet thee again-Hail, Liberty! Hail!

Long time didst thou dwellMid the peoples that mourn,Awaiting some voiceThat should bid thee return.

Ah, slow broke that dayAnd no man dared call,For the shadow of tyrannyLay over all:

And we saw thee sad-eyed,The tears on thy cheeksWhile thy raiment was dyedIn the blood of the Greeks.

Yet, behold now thy sonsWith impetuous breathGo forth to the fightSeeking Freedom or Death.

From the graves of our slainShall thy valour prevailAs we greet thee again-Hail, Liberty! Hail!

THE GREEK FLAG

• The Greek flag has a cross on the top left corner.

• In the flag there are nine lines( 5 blue and 4 white)

• The lines are the syllables of the phrase Freedom or Death.

• The blue colour means the blue of the sky and the sea and the white the colour of the sea waves

THE GREEK PARLIAMENT -VOULI

• There are 300 members in the parliament .In front of it there is the tomb of the unknown soldier to honor those who died for the country.

The tomb of the unknown soldier

• Evzones are members of the Presidential Guard and change shifts every hour.

The Acropolis

The Acropolis is situated on a high hill and overlooks the city of Athens.The Parthenon is one of the best buildings ever.

The Acropolis Musuem

It was recently built and has a lot of exhibits