Mount Profítis Ilías

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Mount Profítis Ilías

mountain, Páros, Greece

Also known as: Marpessa

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Páros
…single peak, Profítis Ilías (classical Marpessa), 2,530 feet (771 metres) in height, which slopes evenly on all sides to a maritime plain that is broadest on the northeast and southwest sides. The island is mainly composed of marble. On a bay on the northwest lies the capital, Páros (or Paroikía),…
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…single peak, Profítis Ilías (classical Marpessa), 2,530 feet (771 metres) in height, which slopes evenly on all sides to a maritime plain that is broadest on the northeast and southwest sides. The island is mainly composed of marble. On a bay on the northwest lies the capital, Páros (or Paroikía),…
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