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Attica

department, Greece
Also known as: Attica, Attikí, Attika, Attike
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  • Academy of Athens
    Greece
    / Eastern Greece: Thessalía and Attikí

    The western part of this region contains the massive limestone formations so characteristic of northern and western Greece, while to the east the peninsula of Attiikí (Attica) represents the western margin of the Hercynian crystalline rocks of the Aegean shores. Essentially an upland area,…

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    The western part of this region contains the massive limestone formations so characteristic of northern and western Greece, while to the east the peninsula of Attiikí (Attica) represents the western margin of the Hercynian crystalline rocks of the Aegean shores. Essentially an upland area,…

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