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The Evzones, the guards of the Royal Palace in Athens, are famous for their distinctive costumes: a red hat with a black tassel; a white shirt and a black waistcoat with white and gold embroidery; a white kilt with 400 pleats, representing the years of Turkish rule; tight white leggings with black garters at the knee, and red leather clogs curved at the toe and with a black pompom.

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