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Rome, Italy - December 31, 2016: St. Peter's Basilica facade in Rome, Italy. St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and one of the largest churches in the world.

The Lion Gate was the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece. It was erected during the 13th century BC in the northwest side of the acropolis and is named after the relief sculpture of two lionesses in a heraldic pose that stands above the entrance. The Lion Gate is the sole surviving monumental piece of Mycenaean sculpture, as well as the largest sculpture in the prehistoric Aegean.

View of the Tholos at the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, Delphi, Phocis, Greece

Trikeri lies at the westernmost point of the hook-like Pelion Peninsula on the Pagasetic Gulf. It also includes the offshore islands of Paleo Trikeri and Alatas.

Panoramic view of the pictorial Kleftiko cove located at the south coast of Milos island, Cyclades, Greece

GREECE - CIRCA 1983: A stamp printed in Greece from the "Homeric epics" issue shows Odysseus and Sirens.

USSR - CIRCA 1961: A stamp printed in USSR from the "World's First Manned Space Flight" issue shows Rocket, Gagarin and Kremlin. Inscribed 12-IV-1961

Athens, Greece - May 26, 2012: Many tourists and visitors at the entrance of the new Acropolis museum. More than 2 million people visit the museum each year.

Athens, Greece - September 9: View of Omonoia Square on September 9, 2021. Omonoia Square is one of the oldest squares in the city of Athens and an important shopping centre. It is located at the intersection of six main streets.

An impressive castle which is the trade mark of the beautiful northern city of Kavala. It was an ancient castle that was rebuilt and reinforced several times by the Byzantines, but the current structure is mainly from the Ottoman reconstruction of 1425.

Kavala is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos.

NIGERIA - CIRCA 1965: A stamp printed in Nigeria shows a Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).

Gerakas is an impressive spot with rocky geological formation. It is located on the southern side of Milos and can be reached only by boat.

FRANCE - CIRCA 2001: A stamp printed in France shows Marianne type Luquet, circa 2001.

The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is an impressive "tholos" tomb at Mycenae, Greece, constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. The lintel stone above the doorway weighs 120 tons, the largest in the world.

View of Acropolis from Pnyx hill

Nafplio is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf.

According to tradition, the original icon was discovered on July 8, 1579, underground in the city of Kazan, Russia by a little girl, Matrona, to whom the location of the image was revealed by the Theotokos, the Blessed Virgin Mary, in a Marian apparition.

"The beautiful beach of Tsigrado, Milos island, Cyclades, Greece"

Kimolos is a beautiful little island of the Cyclades, located next to Milos. Although it sits next to one of the most popular Greek islands, Kimolos manages to keep its unspoiled charm.

Nero was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death.

Munich, Germany - January 2, 2015: Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. Widely known for its exterior of inflated ETFE plastic panels, it is the first stadium in the world with a full color-changing color exterior.

ITALY - CIRCA 1980: A stamp printed in Italy from the "Castles" issue shows Rovereto castle.

Hagia Sophia museum interior, famous landmark of Istanbul, Turkey. It was a Byzantine basilica built 537 A.D., it was world's largest cathedral for nearly a thousand years.

Thessaloniki, also known as Thessalonica, is the second-largest city in Greece, with over 1 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of Macedonia.

Piraeus, Greece - July 1, 2016: Ferry boat "Blue Star Patmos" entering Piraeus port. Blue Star Patmos is 146 m long, has a capacity of 2000 passengers and 430 cars.

Cesme is a coastal town and the administrative centre of the district of the same name in Turkey's westernmost end. It is a popular holiday resort.

Loutraki baths (Pozar) are located in the municipality of Almopia, 13 km northwest of Aridaia, Macedonia, Greece. The word pozar means ember, burning coal. The area of the Pozar Baths is a natural sight, located in a green environment with plane trees and waterfalls.

Saronic Gulf, Greece - July 2, 2021: Container Ship Cosco Pride in Saronic Gulf on July 2, 2021. Cosco Pride is a Container Ship built in 2011, her gross tonnage is 141,823.

Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin.

Charioteer of Delphi statue, Delphi, Greece

Portugal - circa 1972: A stamp printed in Portugal from the "Cities and landscapes" issue shows Belem Tower, Lisbon

Assyrian art on the wall, King Ashurnasirpal II and genius.

GREECE - CIRCA 1971: A stamp printed in Greece from the "150th Anniversary of War of Independence (4th issue). The War on Land" shows the Battle of Maniaki (1825) from a lithograph.

GREECE - CIRCA 1987: A stamp printed in Greece from the "Aesop's Fables" issue shows "The Fox and the Grapes".

Panoramic view of Plateia Syntagmatos (Constitution Square). Plateia Syntagmatos is the main square of the town.

Interior of Natural Gas power plant. The section where the turbine and the generator are located.

POLAND - CIRCA 1963: A stamp printed in Poland from the "Sailing Ships (1st series)" issue shows Phoenician merchantman (15th century B.C.), circa 1963.

Bird eye view from the lighthouse of Polyaigos island, Cyclades, Greece

The statue of King Leonidas of Sparta, at the place where the battle of Thermopylae took place, Greece

The Heraion of Perachora was a sanctuary of the goddess Hera situated in a small cove of the Corinthian gulf at the end of the Perachora peninsula.

Cesme is a coastal town and the administrative centre of the district of the same name in Turkey's westernmost end, on a promontory on the tip of the peninsula which also carries the same name and which extends inland to form a whole with the wider Karaburun Peninsula. It is a popular holiday resort.

PIRAEUS, GREECE - JULY 7, 2019: Ferry boat Mykonos Palace in Piraeus port on July 7, 2019. Mykonos Palace is 214 m long, has a capacity of 2200 passengers and 900 cars.

Panorama of the picturesque village of Klima in Milos island, Cyclades, Greece

GREECE - CIRCA 1973: A stamp printed in Greece from the "Greek Mythology (2nd series)" issue shows Atlas and Prometheus punished by Zeus (kalyx crater), circa 1973.

Hagia Sophia is the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral, later an Ottoman imperial mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Built in AD 537 at the beginning of the Middle Ages, it was famous in particular for its massive dome. It was the world's largest building and an engineering marvel of its time. It is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture and is said to have "changed the history of architecture".

Fragment of an ancient Greek inscribed stele from ancient Eleusis, Attica, isolated

INDIA - CIRCA 1957: A stamp printed in India shows four Indian lions capital of Ashoka Pillar.

SAUDI ARABIA - CIRCA 1965: A stamp printed in Saudi Arabia issued for the opening of highway from Mecca to Tayif shows the highway, Hejaz Mountains.

Allosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic period (Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian). The name "Allosaurus" means "different lizard".

MALI - CIRCA 1961: A stamp printed in Mali shows sheep at pool, circa 1961.

GREECE - CIRCA 1984: A stamp printed in Greece from the "Parthenon Marbles" issue shows Head of a horse of Selene (British Museum)

PIRAEUS, GREECE - JULY 4, 2017: Ferry boat "Blue Star Delos" departing Piraeus port on July 4, 2017. Blue Star Delos is 145 m long, has a capacity of 2400 passengers and 427 cars.

Milina is a picturesque seaside village at the Pelion Peninsula. It is situated directly at the Pagasitic Bay.

Bucharest, Romania - December 31, 2015: View of InterContinental Hotel in Bucharest, Romania. The InterContinental Bucharest is a highrise five star hotel situated near University Square and is also a landmark of the city.

AUSTRIA - CIRCA 1948: A stamp printed in Austria from the "Provincial Costumes" issue shows a woman from Vienna (1850).

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens. It was built in 161 AD by the Athenian magnate Herodes Atticus in memory of his wife, Aspasia Annia Regilla.

GERMANY - CIRCA 1974: A stamp printed in Germany from the "German Expressionist Paintings" issue shows "Portrait in Blue" (Alexej von Jawlensky)

Çeşme Castle is a historic castle in Çeşme, Turkey. During the Growth of the Ottoman Empire, Cesme was attacked twice by the Venetians in 1472 and in 1501. The castle was built as a precaution against further attacks. It was built in 1508 during the reign of the Ottoman sultan Bayezit II.