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unusual facts about Agia Marina, Attica



Administrative divisions of Greece

The third level is composed of the new decentralized administrations (αποκεντρωμένες διοικήσεις, apokentroménes dioikíseis), comprising two or three regions (except for Attica and Crete), run by a government-appointed general secretary, assisted by an advisory council drawn from the regional governors and the representatives of the municipalities.

Agia Marina, Crete

Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a community.

AirSea Lines

In 2007 AirSea Lines expanded its network into the Aegean from Attica, using the port of Lavrio (instead of the preferred location of Piraeus) citing insufficient infrastructure at Piraeus for seaplane operations.

Alfa-Beta Vassilopoulos

Between 1995 and 1998, AB opened a large warehouse, in Mandra, Attica (Μάνδρα, Αττική) and in 2009 a larger one for fresh and perishables, in Oinofyta, Voiotia.

Attica, Kansas

The population grew further until the Cherokee Outlet in northern Oklahoma was opened by a Land run in 1893, at which point many people moved south to that territory.

Battle of Pylos

Once it became clear, however, that Demosthenes and his men intended to hold the site, the king Agis, who was at the head of an army ravaging Attica, turned for home, cutting his invasion short after only 15 days in Athenian territory.

The establishment of an Athenian garrison in Spartan territory frightened the Spartan leadership, and the Spartan army, which had been ravaging Attica under the command of Agis, ended their expedition (the expedition only lasted 15 days) and marched home, and the Spartan fleet at Corcyra sailed to Pylos.

Bobby Halpern

He served in three of the most infamous New York prisons, Sing Sing, Attica, and Dannemora.

Cadmus of Miletus

A confused notice in the Suda mentions three persons of the name: the first, the inventor of the alphabet; the second, the son of Pandion, according to some the first prose writer, a little later than Orpheus, author of a history of the foundation of Miletus and of Ionia generally, in four books; the third, the son of Archelaus, of later date, author of a history of Attica in fourteen books, and of some poems of an erotic character.

Charles B. Benedict

He commenced practice in Attica, New York, and was the Justice of the Peace from 1854 to 1860.He organized and was president of the Attica National Bank, also Bank of Attica and the First National bank of Moorhead, Minnesota.

Christos G. Doumas

From 1960 up until 1980, he had a career in the Greek Archaeological Service as curator of antiquities in Attica (on the Athenian Acropolis), in the Cyclades, in the Dodecanese Islands, and in the northern Aegean islands.

Claudius Aelianus

The letters are invented compositions to a fictitious correspondent, which are a device for vignettes of agricultural and rural life, set in Attica, though mellifluous Aelian once boasted that he had never been outside Italy, never been aboard a ship (which is at variance, though, with his own statement, de Natura Animalium XI.40, that he had seen the bull Serapis with his own eyes).

Cleveland Hall

Cleveland's Hall and Blacksmith Shop, a historic site in the community of Attica, Wisconsin

Ephraim of Nea Makri

Following these dreams, a body believed to be that of the saint was found in the ground near the nun's hermitage, on the site of an abandoned medieval monastery on the slopes of Mount Amomon, near the town of Nea Makri, in Attica, Greece.

Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre, on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece, hosted the dressage and jumping events while the eventing took place in the nearby Eventing Park.

Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing

The individual eventing event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 15 August to 18 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece.

Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual jumping

The individual jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 22 August to 27 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece.

Erichthonius of Dardania

These writers mentioned that Erichthonius appears as founder both in Attica and the Troad, and may be identifying the two.

George Gilbert Hoskins

George Gilbert Hoskins (December 24, 1824 in Bennington, Wyoming County, New York – June 12, 1893 in Attica, Wyoming County, NY) was an American politician of the Republican Party.

Gilalite

It has also been reported from the Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada; Juazeiro do Norte, Ceara State, Brazil and a slag area in Lavrion District, Attica, Greece.

Greek National Road 87

Greek National Road 87 is a national highway in Attica, Greece.

Judyville, Indiana

(The Judy surname was an anglicization of the German Tschudi.) John attended high school in Attica and afterwards taught school for several years.

Maleme

Its beach is made of fine pebbles and is popular though often less crowded than the beaches of Gerani, Agia Marina and Platanias.

Naoma Sailing Club

Nautical Athletical Organization of Mati Attika (Abbreviation: NAOMA) is a sailing club located in Mati, in the eastern part of the Attica region in Greece.

New York State Route 238

Outside of Attica Center, NY 238 winds its way northward toward the village of Attica, passing the eastern edge of the Attica and Wyoming Correctional Facilities—more prominently the work farm operated by the facilities.

Parnitha

It spread rapidly with the help of intense winds, and intensified into the northwestern edges of Greater Athens, including both Ano Liosia and towns and villages such as Fyli, near Thrakomakedones, Pyli and both Skoura and Schimatari north of the mountain.

Postal codes in Greece

Postal codes beginning with the digits between 100 and 180 are used for the city of Athens; the beginning sequences 180 to 199 are used for other parts of the prefecture of Attica, with the exception of Corfu and Rhodes.

Potawatomi Festival

The Potawatomi Festival is an event held annually in mid September at Ouibache Park in Attica, Indiana.

Princeton Painter

The Princeton Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in the third quarter of the sixth century BC, just after Group E.

Resinated wine

The most common form of resinated wine today is Greek retsina (ρετσίνα), which is for over 2000 years produced and exported from Greece, particularly around Attica, Boeotia and Euboea.

Rob Roy, Indiana

The passage of the Chicago and Block Coal Railway through the town also stimulated growth, but competition with nearby Attica (which was on the Wabash and Erie Canal) eventually led to Rob Roy's demise.

Rosyth – Zeebrugge ferry service

Following a detailed consultation and tendering process by the Scottish Executive, the Greek shipping company Superfast Ferries (owned by the Attica Group) were confirmed as the operator of the route.

Samariá Gorge

The gorge became a national park in 1962, particularly as a refuge for the rare kri-kri (Cretan goat), which is largely restricted to the park and an island just off the shore of Agia Marina.

Savatiano

It is mostly planted throughout central Greece, particularly in Attica near Athens.

In addition to Attica, the grape is also found in Euboea and the Bulgarian town of Pomorie which used to be a Greek colony known as Anchialos.

South Euboean Gulf

With a total length of approximately 50 km and a width of 10 to 20 km, it stretches nearly diagonally from northwest to southeast, from the Euripus strait, which connects it to the North Euboean Gulf, to the Petalies Gulf near Agia Marina in the south.

Washington Township, Warren County, Indiana

Coming from the Illinois state line and West Lebanon, it goes directly east, then veers to the northeast and goes through Williamsport, then crosses the river and passes east through Attica in Fountain County.

WSHB

The WSHB signal is planned to serve the Norwalk, Bellevue, Attica, New Washington, New London, Shiloh and Shelby areas not covered by sister stations WFOT and WHRQ, thus making it the sixth Catholic station in the Toledo Diocese.

Zozo Zarpa

Zarpa died from a heart attack on 19 April 2012, aged 73, and was interred in a cemetery in Chalandri, Attica, the following day.


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