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Section 1: Physical Geography
Regions of Greece
A tour of Greece. This travel site stresses the history, art, and myth of ancient Greece but doesn't forget the food and sights of the modern country. Organized by region, the site features links to representative cities, maps, and photos. A special section is devoted to Minoan Crete.
Web site by: Dilos Web Creations
Italian Regions
Information on the various regions of Italy. Click on the map or menu of Italian regions to take a walking tour of Florence or a photo safari of Siena and San Gimignano. Learn about the local literature, festivals, food, museums, and sights. Special features highlight recreation, art, artists, Christmas, hill towns, museums, seaside, and ancient Italy.
Web site by: Italy Online
Virtual Portugal
A presentation of regions in Portugal and their food, history, sights, castles, churches, palaces, museums, monuments, archaeology, recreation, handicrafts, curiosities, and more. Each regional section provides descriptions and photos of selected sights and an enlarged map that links to the other regions.
Web site by: Virtual Portugal
Volcanoes in the European and Western Asian Region
An exploration of the volcanoes of Greece and Italy. Each volcano is located on a map and by latitude and longitude. Entries include photos and text about historical eruptions and updates on recent activity.
Web site by: University of North Dakota
Section 2: Greece
The Ancient Greek World
Your life history probably isn’t spelled out on your dinner plates—but you aren’t from ancient Greece, either. At the University of Pennsylvania, learn how bits and pieces of ancient dishes paint a historical picture of learning in ancient schools, of comfort in ancient homes, and of secrets of ancient beauty.
Web site by University of Pennsylvania Museum
Greek Mythology Link:
An encyclopedic Who's Who of the ancient Greek gods, and large catalog of text, and images.
Web site by: Brown University
Greek Food
A guide to Greek menus. Choose from an offering of appetizers, main courses, pastries, and coffee. All foods are described and many are linked to recipes. Traditional foods are also described. This Web site also allows users to investigate the Greek language or dancing, and even to listen to the radio.
Web site by: Yasou 2000
Perseus Project
Art, archaeology, and ancient texts are linked by an interactive Web atlas that can show topographic features, sites, and place names. The site also features English translations of Greek and Latin texts, works by Shakespeare and Marlowe, and a huge collection of ancient coins.
Web site by: Tufts University
Section 3: Italy
Arts and Architecture of Ancient Rome
This site explains and connects to images of Roman artworks and Roman architecture.
Web site by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
A Day in the Life of an Ancient Roman
Learn more about life in the time of the Roman Republic. Where did they live? What did they eat? What did they wear? What celebrations did they have? Find answers to these questions and more!
Web site by Roger Dunkle, Brooklyn College
Vinci: Leonardo's Home Town
The times, the man, the work. As well as historical and biographical background, this site provides a tour of the Leonardo Museum in Vinci. Visitors can navigate the museum by clicking the arrows or the museum map and view drawings and models of 40 machines, 15 full-size machines, nine models of solids, and more.
Web site by: Leonet
Exploring Leonardo
A virtual hands-on museum. Explore Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, his life, linear and aerial perspectives, and his right-to-left script. This site has four interactive pages, five lesson plans for classroom activities, and three more activities that let students communicate their ideas electronically.
Web site by: Science Learning Network
Olive Tree Museum
A celebration of the symbol of the Mediterranean and its role in economic, technical, artistic, and religious history. Visitors can take a short guided tour or make an in-depth examination of the museum's 12 sections. See olive tree cultivation, olive mills, oil production, and the hold of a Roman ship loaded with oil amphorae.
Web site by: Fratelli Carli Corporation
Section 4: Spain and Portugal
Online Picasso Project
The life and work of Picasso, organized into 16 periods, covering the years 1881-1973. Click a year and read what happened and what he did. Then click a margin photo and see where Picasso lived and worked, or click a thumbnail painting and view an enlargement. The site links to museums around the world, some with photos of his work on exhibit.
Web site by: Texas A&M University
Azulejos de Lisboa
Information on Portuguese tiles, known as azulejos, which were introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors. Azulejos adorn the inside and outside of almost every home in Portugal. This site contains many examples of the pictorial and geometrical azulejos found even in train and subway stations.
Web site by: New Media Republic
World Flamenco
Articles on Flamenco music, art, and history. This site provides a reading list, a Flamenco and Gypsy glossary, and access to resources on artists, music, and film. It also posts late breaking news from the Flamenco world.
Web site by: Flamenco.org
 
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