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Agios Nikolas (Christian orthodox church), Vistonida lake, Xanthi Prefecture, Thrace, Greece.
 Comment these are birds / some dust spots (because of the sensor) has already been removed. Ggia (talk) 13:43, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Info This quiet place belongs to the monastery of Vatopedi. Since 2008 a real-estate scandal is taking place in Greece. [1] The monastery of Vatopedi exchanged less valuable, rural land of Vistonida (this area around the lake belongs to Vatopedi monastery) with state-owned valuable land [2]. These land swaps are often a discussion in the mass media. They say that this land-swap cost to the Greek-state 100m euros. [3] Ggia (talk) 21:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Geo-politics are interesting, but a sunnier day still would be nicer. ;-) Is the cloudiness supposed to be symbolic? --IdLoveOne (talk) 03:54, 31 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 21 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /George Chernilevsky talk 14:41, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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