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Piraeus is the fifth most populous municipality in Greece with an official population of 168,151 (in 2021). [2] The Greater Piraeus, part of the greater Athens urban area, comprises the city proper (municipality of Piraeus) and four other suburban municipalities, having a total population of 448,051 people (in 2021).
Port of Piraeus. The Port of Piraeus (Greek: Λιμάνι του Πειραιά) is the chief sea port of Athens, located on the Saronic Gulf on the western coasts of the Aegean Sea, the largest port in Greece and one of the largest in Europe. [6] The Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping operate the port.
The regional units of Central Athens, North Athens, South Athens, West Athens and Piraeus with part of East [79] and West Attica [80] regional units combined make up the continuous Athens Urban Area, [80] [81] [82] also called the "Urban Area of the Capital" or simply "Athens" (the most common use of the term), spanning over 412 km 2 (159 sq mi ...
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.
The siege of Athens and Piraeus was a siege of the First Mithridatic War that took place from autumn of 87 BC to the spring of 86 BC. [ 5] The battle was fought between the forces of the Roman Republic, commanded by Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix on the one hand, and the forces of the Kingdom of Pontus and the Athenian City-State on the other.
Bond of the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways, issued in January 1912. Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways or SPAP (Greek: Σιδηρόδρομοι Πειραιώς-Αθηνών-Πελοποννήσου "Siderodromi Pireos Athinon Peloponisou" or Σ.Π.Α.Π. (S.P.A.P.); French: Chemin de fer du Pirée-Athènes-Peloponèse [1]) was a Greek railway company founded in 1882 as a ...
The city gates were monumental gates that formed the ancient entrance to Piraeus. They were built in the form of a dipylon and had a rectangular courtyard with two opposing entrances. 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 ...
The statue is an over-life sized representation of Athena, with a height of 2.35 meters (approximately 8 feet). She stands contraposto and wears a peplos that is open on the right side. She also wears a Corinthian helmet decorated with griffins on the sides of the helm and owls on the cheek pieces; the crest of the helmet has a serpent wrapped ...