Vido

Vido (Greek: Βιδο) is an island of the Ionian Islands group of Greece. It is a small island (less than kilometer in diameter) at the mouth of Corfu city port.

History

During the First World War, the Corfu island served as a refuge for the Serbian army that retreated there by the allied forces ships from the homeland occupied by the Austrians and Bulgarians. During their stay, a large portion of Serbian soldiers died from exhaustion, food shortage, and different diseases. More than 5000 of them were buried at sea near the island of Vido.

A monument of thanks to the Greek Nation has been erected at Vido by the grateful Serbs in 1930s.

The waters around Vido island are known by the Serbian people as the Blue Graveyard (in Serbian, Plava Grobnica), after a poem written by Milutin Bojić after World War I. <gallery caption="Serbian mausoleum" widths="180px"> Image:VidoSerbianMausoleum.jpg|Serbian WWI soldiers mausoleum Image:Vido-Mauzolej-Unutrasnjost.jpg|Interior of mausoleum Image:Vido-PlavaGrobnica-ploca.jpg|Blue Graveyard memorial plate </gallery>

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The Ionian Islands

Antikythera • Antipaxi • Arkoudi • Atokos • Corfu • Drakonera • Elafonissos • Ereikoussa • Ithaki or Ithaca • Kalamos • Kastos • Kefalonia • Kravia • Kythira • Kythros • Lazaretto • Lefkada • Makri • Makropoula • Mathraki • Meganisi • Modia Islets • Othonoi • Oxeia • Paxi • Petalas • Pistros • Pontikos • Provati • Skorpios • Sparti Lefkados • Strofades • Vidos • Vromonas • Zakynthos

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Writing system: Greek alphabet
Official status
Official language of: Greece
Cyprus
European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
European Union
Italy
Turkey
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Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: Ιόνια νησιά, Ionia nisia; Ancient Greek: Ἰόνιοι Νῆσοι, Ionioi Nēsoi
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Motto
Ελευθερία ή θάνατος
Eleftheria i thanatos
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Location

Coordinates Coordinates:
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 0 - 10 m (0 - 0 ft)
Government
Country:
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Anthem
Bože pravde
God of Justice

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Anthem
Land der Berge, Land am Strome (German)
Land of Mountains, Land on the River
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over 8 million¹ (2007)

Regions with significant populations Bulgaria: 6,655,210² (2001)
Turkey: 300,000⁴
Ukraine: 204,000² (2002)
Spain: 119,799 (2007)³
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The Serbian Campaign was fought from August 1914, when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia at the outset of First World War, until the end of the war in 1918. The front ranged from the Danube to southern Macedonia and back north again, involving forces from almost all combatants
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Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: Ιόνια νησιά, Ionia nisia; Ancient Greek: Ἰόνιοι Νῆσοι, Ionioi Nēsoi
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Antikythera
Αντικύθηρa

Antikythera's harbour Potamos
Geography
Island Chain: Ionian
Area:^[1] 20.43 km (0 sq.mi.
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Antipaxos (Αντίπαξος) is a small (5 square kilometres), unspoilt Greek island about 3 kilometers to the south of Paxos. It reported a population of 64 inhabitants at the 2001 census, and is administratively part of the municipality of
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Arkoudi (Greek: Αρκούδι, Modern Greek meaning bear), older forms: Arkoudio and Arkoudion is a Greek island in the Echinades.
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Atokos (Greek: Άτοκος), is a Greek island in the Echinades. It is administered by the municipality of Ithaca and is northeast of the island.
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Drakonera or Dhragonára (Greek: Δρακονέρα) is an island of the Echinades, among the Ionian Islands group of Greece.
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Location

Coordinates Coordinates:
Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (min-max): 0 - 276 m (0 - 0 ft)
Government
Country:
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Ereikoussa
Ερεικούσσa

Geography
Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 4.449 km (0 sq.mi.
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Ithaca
Ιθάκ?

Vathi, South Ithaca
Geography

Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 117.812 km (0 sq.mi.
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Kalamos
Κάλαμο?

The island of Kalamos
Geography
Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 24.964 km (0 sq.mi.
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Kastos
Καστό?

Geography
Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 5.901 km (0 sq.mi.)
Government
Greece
Periphery: Ionian Islands
Prefecture: Lefkada

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Kefalonia
Κεφαλονιά

Panoramic view of Assos
Geography

Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 906.5 km (0 sq.mi.
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Kythira
Κύθηρa

The island's main port Diakofti
Geography

Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 279.593 km (0 sq.mi.
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Lefkada, or Leucas (Greek: Modern: Λευκάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -as; Italian: Santa Maura) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge, as well
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Makri (Greek: Μάκρη) is a Greek island, one of the Echinades, in the Ionian Islands group. It is administered by the municipality of Ithaca and is northeast of the island.
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Mathraki
Μαθράκ?

Geography
Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 3.532 km (0 sq.mi.
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Meganisi
Μεγανήσ?

Vathy Harbor
Geography
Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 22.356 km (0 sq.mi.
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Othonoi
Οθωνο?

Geography
Island Chain: Ionian Islands
Area:^[1] 10.078 km (0 sq.mi.)
Government
Greece
Periphery: Ionian Islands
Prefecture: Corfu

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History

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