Piraeus city and Piraeus port.
Description:
Acquaintance with today's port of Piraeus, which has been receiving carabels for two and a half thousand years. Fragments of the fortress walls that survived from antiquity, built in the period of Themistocles, are still visible today on some sections of the Piraeus embankment. In ancient times, these walls were 10 km long, connected Piraeus with Athens and ensured the safety of communications. Driving along the avenues of the city of Piraeus, we get acquainted with the monument of Themistocles, the church of St. Paul. Spyridon, St. Paul's. Nicholas, with a copy of the sculpture of the Lion, installed at the entrance to the port in honor of the participants of the Battle of Salamis (the original is in the Museum of Venice).In the Middle Ages, this culture gave the name of the port "Porto Leonda". The Bay of Zeus, today the central embankment of the city.
Then we go to the Palio Faliro district, where the Navy Park of Fame is located. We visit the museum afloat - the battleship AVEROV, a participant in the First World War, the legendary heroic ship of Hellas. In the same park is a replica of the Trier ship, restored in 1980 from the found remains of the ship of the 3rd century BC.
Walk along the picturesque embankment of the port of Paleo Faliro, with many cafes, it is also a parking place for comfortable yachts and boats of wealthy citizens of Greece.
That's it.