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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.
IKEA subsequently opened four stores in Athens and one in Larissa Ioannina Chania and ect each. [57] Also three ''next generation'' stores, aka ''ikea city'' have opened in The Mall Athens (1,900 m 2 (20,000 sq ft)), in Piraeus district of Athens (2,000 m 2 (22,000 sq ft)) and Alexandroupolis (1,560 m 2 (16,800 sq ft)).
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.
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 ...
Website. www.dutyfreeshops.gr. Hellenic Duty Free Shops SA, founded in 1979, is a Greek company in the travel retail industry. The company holds the exclusive right to the retail sale of duty-free goods in Greece. It has a network in Greece, composed of 97 shops at 45 points (22 airports, 11 border checkpoints, and 12 ports).
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]
Rail transport in Greece. Rail transport in Greece has a history which began in 1869, with the completion of the then Athens & Piraeus Railway. From the 1880s to the 1920s, the majority of the network was built, reaching its heyday in 1940. From the 1950s onward, the railway system entered a period of decline, culminating in the service cuts of ...