Legrena
Legrena is a coastal village in East Attica in southern Greece on the coast of the Attica peninsula. It is part of the municipality Lavreotiki. It lies along Greek National Road 91, to the west of Sounion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 289 residents
- Description: village in Attica, Greece
- Postal code: 19500
Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple of Poseidon.
Temple of Poseidon
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Temple of Poseidon is an ancient Greek temple on Cape Sounion, Greece, dedicated to the god Poseidon. There is evidence of the establishment of sanctuaries on the cape from as early as the 11th century BC. Temple of Poseidon is situated 3 km southeast of Legrena.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sounio and Poseidonia.
Sounio
Photo: Adam Carr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sounio is a national park in Attica, the historic region of Athens city-state. It is a popular day trip from Athens because of its splendid Temple of Poseidon.
Poseidonia
Hamlet
Kato Poseidonia is a settlement in Southeastern Attica under the administration of the Municipality of Lavreotiki. The settlement is 36.7 miles from Athens, 2.5 miles from Lavrio, and 3 miles from Sounio. Poseidonia is situated 6 km east of Legrena.
Agios Konstantinos
Village
Legrena
- Category: locality
- Location: Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.66606° or 37° 39′ 58″ northLongitude
23.99387° or 23° 59′ 38″ eastPopulation
289Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
8G95MX8V+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1857182841OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
258526Wikidata ID
Q12880123
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Legrena” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Legrená”
- Dutch: “Legrena”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليجرينا”
- French: “Káto Soúnio”
- French: “Legrená”
- Greek: “Legraina”
- Greek: “Legrená”
- Greek: “Κάτω Σούνιο”
- Greek: “Λεγραινά”
- Greek: “Λεγρενά Αττικής”
- Greek: “Λεγρενά”
- Persian: “لگرنا”
- Swedish: “Legrená”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Legrena”. Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.