{"id":7163,"date":"2021-01-12T07:45:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exploringed.com\/?post_type=photo-gallery&#038;p=7163"},"modified":"2022-09-08T09:56:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:56:01","slug":"greece-1997","status":"publish","type":"photo-gallery","link":"https:\/\/exploringed.com\/photo-gallery\/greece-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7163\" class=\"elementor elementor-7163\" data-elementor-post-type=\"photo-gallery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7876f26 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7876f26\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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