In August 1913, the first climbers reached Mount Olympus’s highest peak, famed for its place in Greek mythology as home of the Twelve Olympian gods. Since that date, it is thought that approximately ten thousand climbers visit the 2,917-meter (9570-foot) high mountain each year. It is the highest mountain in Greece and the second highest […]

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