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The Bay of Zea (Greek: Λιμένας Ζέας, romanized:Limenas Zeas), since Ottoman times and until recently known as Paşalimanı (Πασαλιμάνι), is a broad bay located at the eastern coast of the Piraeus peninsula in Attica, Greece. It hosted the swimming events at the 1896 Summer Olympics [ 1 ] held in Attica. A seaport and marina ...
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).
Zea Harbour Project is a Danish-Greek archaeological project in Piraeus, Greece. The project began in 2002 under the auspices of the Danish Institute at Athens and is directed by Bjørn Lovén [da], Associate Fellow in Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southern Denmark. The Zea Harbour Project's goal is to excavate and investigate ...
Vatsa Bay. Categories: Bays by country. Bodies of water of Greece. Bays of the Mediterranean. Bays of Europe by country. Coasts of Greece. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Coordinates: 37°56′14″N 23°38′40″E. The ruins of the Theatre of Zea [el], next to the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus contains mainly sculptures, discovered in Piraeus and in the area of the Attic coast from Bronze Age to Roman times, [1]
The Aegean Sea[ a ] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some 215,000 km 2 (83,000 sq mi). [ 3 ] In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea, which in turn connects to the Black Sea, by the straits of the Dardanelles and the ...
Phalerum or Phaleron (Ancient Greek: Φάληρον Phálēron [pʰálɛːron]; Greek: Φάληρο (Fáliro), [ˈFaliro]) was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, [1] on a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The bay is also referred to as "Bay of Phalerum" (Greek: Όρμος Φαλήρου Órmos Falíru). The area of ...
History. Ruins of a Frankish tower near Marathon. The name "Marathon" (Μαραθών) comes from the herb fennel, called márathon (μάραθον) or márathos (μάραθος) in Ancient Greek, [3][n 2] so Marathon literally means "a place full of fennel". [5] It is believed that the town was originally named so because of an abundance of ...