Seattle is Indian Country. The city is named for a hereditary chief of the Suquamish and Duwamish people, many of our communities and landscape features have Indian names, and tribal artwork can be found throughout the city’s museums, galleries and public squares. Several Indian tribes call the Seattle area home, including the Duwamish, Suquamish, Muckleshoot, [...]
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Greece Zante An Island With Verdant Landscape And Flowered Fields
Zakinthos (Zante) The Venetians who ruled Zante for some 300 years called it “the flower of the Levant” (that is, the eastern Mediterranean), and Zakynthos remains something of a paradise, known for its verdant landscape and flowered fields. Greeks themselves have long appreciated Zakynthos’s charms and use it as a
Greece Corfu And The Ionian Islands
Corfu and the Ionian Islands There are hundreds of Greek islands scattered throughout the seas that ring the Greek mainland, and it has been traditional to group islands that share certain geographical, historical or other features. Each of these groups has come to assume its own distinctive image, a blend of terrain and architecture and [...]
