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Did you know the story of the Greek heroine Laskarina Bouboulina?

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Her History Descending from a Hydriot family, she was born inside the prison of Constantinople (Istanbul) on May 11th 1771, when her mother, Skevo, visited her dying husband, Stavrianos Pinotsis, who had been imprisoned by the Turks. The arrest and imprisonment of Pinotsis was due to his participation in the Peloponnesian revolution of 1769-70 against the Turks. This revolution, which is known in Greek history as

The Monastery of Avgo and the Didyma Caves

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St Dimitrios Monastery of Avgo Behind the mountains of Didyma, on a mountain called Avgo, stands the monastery of St Dimitrios. Most people know