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The municipality of Piraeus and four other suburban municipalities form the regional unit of Piraeus, sometimes called the Greater Piraeus area, with a total population of 448,051. At the 2021 census, Piraeus had a population of 168,151 people, making it the fifth largest municipality in Greece and the second largest (after the municipality of ...
Map of Piraeus, showing the grid plan of the city The Archaeological site of Terpsithea Square is an archaeological site which formed part of the urban fabric of the ancient settlement of Piraeus located in Attica , Greece
The old building of the museum (330 m 2 [1]), which is currently used as a storage room, was built in 1935. [3] The new two-store building, which was inaugurated in 1981, [3] covers a total area of total 1.394 m 2. Both buildings neighbour on the Zeas (Greek: Ζέα) ancient classical theater. In the near future, the theater site is going to be ...
The Piraeus and the Long Walls of Athens Ancient Athens. Although long walls were built at several locations in ancient Greece, notably Corinth and Megara, [1] the term Long Walls (Ancient Greek: Μακρὰ Τείχη [makra tei̯kʰɛː]) generally refers to the walls that connected Athens' main city to its ports at Piraeus and Phaleron.
They were built in the form of a dipylon and had a rectangular courtyard with two opposing entrances. Each Gate was reinforced with towers. Each Gate was reinforced with towers. The city walls were made out of ashlar , comprising large cut rectangular stones and the Gates were linked by two parallel roads that connected the main settlement of ...
Piraeus (/ p aɪ ˈ r iː ə s, p ɪ ˈ r eɪ ə s / py-REE-əs, pirr-AY-əs; Greek: Περιφερειακή ενότητα Πειραιώς, romanized: Perifereiakí enótita Peiraiós), also sometimes called Greater Piraeus [2] (as distinct from the City of Piraeus; Ευρύτερος Πειραιάς Evrýteros Peiraiás), is one of the regional units of Greece.
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An indication of the geographical diversity of the prefecture was the stark difference in population density between its seven mainland municipalities in the Athens urban area, which have 9,244.2 inhabitants/km 2, and its detached outlying areas, which average only 85.83 inhabitants/km 2 (and most of these on Salamis Island, at 395.40/km 2 ...