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The ___MASK5___ ( Greek :   , " Saronikós kólpos ") or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the ___MASK66___ and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth . It is the eastern terminus of the Corinth Canal , which cuts across the isthmus . Piraeus (" Pireás " , , " Peiraieús ") is a port city in the region of Attica , ___MASK58___ . Piraeus is located within the ___MASK91___ urban area , southwest from its city center ( municipality of ___MASK91___ ), and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf . Ancient Greek includes the forms of Greek used in ancient ___MASK58___ and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD . It is often roughly divided into the Archaic period ( 9th to 6th centuries BC ), Classical period ( 5th and 4th centuries BC ), and Hellenistic period ( 3rd century BC to the 6th century AD ). It is antedated in the second millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek . Porto Cheli Airfield is a private airfield located near Porto Cheli , Argolis , ___MASK58___ . It belongs to company T . Alexiou S . A . and it has ceased operations since 2008 . History . The airfield mainly operated during the 1960s and 1970s . It belonged to businessman Tasos Alexiou . During the Greek military junta , there was interest in construction of a new ___MASK69___ closer to Porto Cheli , but it was never realized due to scandalous compensations that were given . In 2004 , HCAA closed the ___MASK69___ due to required maintenance issues and in 2008 that the airfield ' s certificate expired , it was not renewed , thus closing the ___MASK69___ indefinitely . The ___MASK66___ is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas , i . e ., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey . In the north , it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosphorus . The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery , including Crete and ___MASK39___ . An island or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by water . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait , and a small island off the ___MASK65___ may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the Philippines . Corinthia (" Korinthía ") is one of the regional units of ___MASK58___ . It is part of the region of ___MASK49___ . It is situated around the city of Corinth , in the north - eastern part of the ___MASK49___ peninsula . Epidaurus (" Epidauros ") was a small city (" polis ") in ancient ___MASK58___ , on the Argolid Peninsula at the ___MASK5___ . Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros : " Palaia Epidavros " and " Nea Epidavros ". Since 2010 they belong to the new municipality of Epidaurus , part of the regional unit of Argolis . The seat of the municipality is the town Lygourio . Argolis or the Argolid (" Argolída ", ; " Argolís " in ancient Greek and Katharevousa ) is one of the regional units of ___MASK58___ . It is part of the region of ___MASK49___ , situated in the eastern part of the ___MASK49___ peninsula and part of the tripoint area of Argolis , Arcadia and Corinthia . Much of the territory of this region is situated in the Argolid Peninsula . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , ___MASK75___ , ___MASK2___ , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , ___MASK24___ , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , ___MASK15___ , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . Attica ( or ; or ) is a historical region that encompasses the city of ___MASK91___ , the capital of Greece . The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula , which projects into the ___MASK66___ . The modern administrative region of Attica is more extensive than the historical region and includes the Saronic Islands , Cythera , and the municipality of Troizinia on the Peloponnesian mainland . The history of Attica is tightly linked with that of ___MASK91___ , which , from the classical period , was one of the most important cities in the ancient world . Portocheli ( Greek :  , also Porto Cheli ) is a summer resort town in the municipality of Ermionida in the southeastern part of Argolis , ___MASK58___ . It is situated on a bay of the Argolic Gulf , 6 km south of Kranidi and 40 km southeast of Nafplio . The island of Spetses is located 6 km south of Portocheli . There are ferry connections from Portocheli to the islands of Spetses , Hydra and Poros , and to Ermioni and Piraeus . There is a small private ___MASK69___ , Porto Cheli ___MASK69___ , south of the town . The ancient city of Halieis ( named Halike by Pausanias ) , excavated by Michael H . Jameson , is situated near Portocheli . Arcadia (" Arkadía ") is one of the regional units of ___MASK58___ . It is part of the administrative region of ___MASK49___ . It is situated in the central and eastern part of the ___MASK49___ peninsula . It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas . In Greek mythology , it was the home of the god Pan . In European Renaissance arts , Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled , harmonious wilderness . The Saronic Islands or Argo - Saronic Islands is an archipelago in ___MASK58___ , named after the ___MASK5___ in which they are located , just off the Greek mainland . The main inhabited islands of this group are Salamis ( where the ancient Greek navy defeated the Persians in the Battle of Salamis ), Aegina , Agistri , and Poros . The islands of Hydra and Dokos , which lie off the northeast tip of the ___MASK49___ ( technically between the ___MASK5___ and the Argolic Gulf ), are sometimes included as part of the Saronic Islands . Nea Kios , is a village and former municipality in Argolis , ___MASK49___ , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos - Mykines , of which it is a municipal unit . The municipal unit has an area of 5 . 700 km . It was founded by refugees from Cius in Bithynia after the expulsion of the Greeks from Asia Minor . Thessaloniki is the second - largest city in ___MASK58___ and the capital of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside Constantinople . Nafplio is a seaport town in the ___MASK49___ in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf . The town was an important seaport held under a succession of royal houses in the Middle Ages as part of the lordship of Argos and Nauplia , held initially by the de la Roche following the Fourth Crusade before coming under the Republic of Venice and , lastly , the Ottoman Empire . The town was the capital of the First Hellenic Republic and of the Kingdom of Greece , from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834 . Nafplio is now the capital of the regional unit of Argolis . A port is a location on a ___MASK65___ or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land . Port locations are selected to optimize access to land and navigable water , for commercial demand , and for shelter from wind and waves . Ports with deeper water are rarer , but can handle larger ships . Since ports throughout history handled every kind of traffic , support and storage facilities vary widely , may extend for miles , and dominate the local economy . Some ports have an important military role . Katharevousa (, literally " purifying [ language ]"), is a form of the Modern Greek language conceived in the early 19th century as a compromise between Ancient Greek and the Demotic Greek of the time . Originally , it was widely used both for literary and official purposes , though seldom in daily language . In the 20th century , it was increasingly adopted for official and formal purposes , until Demotic Greek became the official language of ___MASK58___ in 1976 and Andreas Papandreou abolished the polytonic system of writing both Demotic and Katharevousa in 1982 . Argos ( Modern Greek :  ; Ancient Greek :  ) is a city in Argolis , ___MASK49___ , Greece and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world . It is also a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see . It is the biggest town in Argolis and a major center for the area . Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality of Argos - Mykines , of which it is a municipal unit . The municipal unit has an area of 138 . 138 km . It is from Nafplion , which was its historic harbour . A settlement of great antiquity , Argos has been continuously inhabited as at least a substantial village for the past 7 , 000 years . The city is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network . The Argolic Gulf ( also " Gulf of Argolis " or " Gulf of Nafplio ") is a gulf of the ___MASK66___ off the east coast of the ___MASK49___ , Greece . It is about 50 km long and 30 km wide . Its main port is Nafplio , at its northwestern end . At the entrance to the gulf is the island Spetses . This gulf and its islands are sometimes combined with the Saronic Gulf and Saronic Islands , with the result called the Argo - Saronic Gulf and the Argo - Saronic Islands . It is surrounded by two regional units : Arcadia to the southwest and Argolis to the north and east . The river Inachos drains into the Argolic Gulf near Nea Kios . The main islands in the gulf are Psili , Plateia and Bourtzi , a small island with a Venetian fortress that protects the port of Nafplio . The surrounding mountains protect it from the strong summer Meltemi wind . ___MASK91___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK91___ dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK91___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK91___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK91___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK91___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . The Kingdom of ___MASK58___ ( Greek : , " Vasíleion ts Elládos ") was a state established in 1832 at the Convention of London by the Great Powers ( the United Kingdom , France and the Russian Empire ). It was internationally recognized by the Treaty of Constantinople , where it also secured full independence from the Ottoman Empire . This event also marked the birth of the first , fully independent , Greek state since the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottomans in the mid - 15th century . Spetses ( Modern Greek :  , Katharevousa :  , " Spetsai ", Ancient :  , " Pityoussa ") is an affluent island and a municipality in the Islands regional unit , Attica , ___MASK58___ . It is sometimes included as one of the Saronic Islands . Until 1948 , it was part of the old prefecture of Argolidocorinthia , which is now ___MASK89___ into Argolis and Corinthia . In ancient times , it was known as Pityoussa , and later as Petses . ___MASK33___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of ___MASK27___ . ___MASK33___ is bordered by the ___MASK73___ to the north , the ___MASK56___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK33___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK33___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK33___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Kranidi ( Katharevousa :  ) is a town and a former municipality in Argolis , ___MASK49___ , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ermionida , of which it is the seat and a municipal unit . The municipal unit has an area of 252 . 938 km . Some say the name is derived from the word Koronida , while others claim it is from the word Kranaos , which means " rocky trough ". It is situated in the eastern part of Argolis , on the easternmost " finger " of the ___MASK49___ peninsula . It is 8 km west of Ermioni , 28 km south of Epidaurus and 38 km southeast of Nafplio . Argo - ___MASK5___ is a term sometimes used to combine the adjacent ___MASK5___ and Argolic Gulf of Greece . It contains the Argo - Saronic Islands . The ___MASK49___ or Peloponnesus (" Pelopónnsos "), is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece . It is separated from the central part of the country by the Gulf of Corinth . During the late Middle Ages and the Ottoman era , the peninsula was known as the Morea , a name still in colloquial use in its demotic form (  ). ___MASK58___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK58___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK91___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Ermioni ( Greek , Ancient Greek Hermione ) is a small port town and a former municipality in Argolis , ___MASK49___ , Greece on the Argolid Peninsula . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ermionida , of which it is a municipal unit . The municipal unit has an area of 168 . 180 km . It is a popular tourist resort . The First Hellenic Republic is a term used to refer to the provisional Greek state during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire . It is a purely historiographical term , highlighting the constitutional and democratic nature of the revolutionary regime prior to the establishment of the independent Kingdom of ___MASK58___ , and associating this period of Greek history with the later Second and Third republics . The Ottoman Empire ('; Modern Turkish : ' or '), also known as the Turkish Empire , Ottoman Turkey , was an empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia in the vicinity of Bilecik and Söüt by the Oghuz Turkish tribal leader Osman . After 1354 , the Ottomans crossed into ___MASK33___ , and with the conquest of the Balkans the Ottoman Beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire . The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror . Poros is a small Greek island - pair in the southern part of the ___MASK5___ , about ( 31 nautical miles ) south from Piraeus and separated from the ___MASK49___ by a wide sea channel , with the town of Galatas on the ___MASK87___ across the strait . Its surface area is about and it has 3 , 780 inhabitants . The ancient name of Poros was Pogon . Like other ports in the Saronic , it is a popular weekend destination for Athenian travellers .