Tracja - Grecja kontynentalna

TRACJA

historycznie: starożytna kraina położona między dolnym Dunajem, Morzem Czarnym, Morzem Egejskim i rzeką Strymon. Obecnie region geograficzny w granicach Bułgarii, Grecji i Turcji, znajdujący się m.in. na terenie Niziny Trackiej. Ze względu na skupisko ludności muzułmańskiej i kulturalne związki z Bułgarią i Turcją, ma zupełnie inny charakter niż pozostała część Grecji kontynentalnej.

• Theatre of Maronia

National Park of Dadia - Lefkimi - Souflion

Unesco tentative list

Situated at the southeast end of the Rhodope mountain range, at the crossroads of two continents, the National Park of Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli Forest (DNP) is of exceptional ecological significance at European level. Characterised by a rich habitat mosaic on a network of low hills in a transitional climate zone between the Mediterranean and the continental, the DNP extends over an area of 42,800ha in Evros Prefecture. It is located at the easternmost edge of a huge forested area that extends all the way west and north along the Rhodope mountain range, while major forested areas are absent for hundreds of kilometres eastwards. Pine trees predominate in the area of the National Park, forming coniferous forests of Pinus brutia, with P. nigra found at the lowest altitudes of its known distribution, while mixed and deciduous forests also occur over a large expanse. Geologically, the northern part of the DNP is dominated by Tertiary ophiolith complexes, while the south mainly consists of Paleogene volcanic and sedimentary rocks. The location of the DNP, on one of the most important migration routes for birds of the Western Palearctic, makes this forest one of the few regions in Europe cohabitated by 36 out of the 38 European raptor species, where three of the four European species of vulture (Aegypius monachus, Neophron percnopterus and Gyps fulvus) co-exist. The resident Black Vulture population in particular is of great importance, as it is the last remnant of an initially large population of the species within the Balkan region, while the presence of the endangered Egyptian vulture is also significant.