Travel Guide – Greece: Culture

this civilization is credited with
influencing all that came after it and
continues today to be vibrant and lively
hi I’m Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking
a look at Greek culture Greek culture is
the result of an ongoing evolution that
is unfolded over many centuries
beginning in ancient times between 95
and ninety-eight percent of the
residents of Greece belong to the Greek
Orthodox faith also important is the
idea of the meeting place known in
Greece as the agoura originally a place
where citizens would gather for official
meetings it evolved to include the idea
of a marketplace Greek cuisine typifies
Mediterranean gastronomy with
similarities to Italian and Turkish
foods Greek music is diverse and
distinct and shares some elements with
Middle Eastern music some Greek art has
survived since ancient times mainly in
the forms of sculpture and architecture
architecture in Greece is typifies by
the use of marble and limestone columns
to decorate temples and arenas