Phaleron Bay
Phalerum or Phaleron was a port of Ancient Athens, 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on a bay of the Saronic Gulf. The bay is also referred to as "Bay of Phalerum".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: ancient Athenian deme
- Also known as: “Faliron Bay”, “Ormos Falirou”, “Phaleron”, and “Phalerum”
- Historically known as: “Phaliron Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Georgios Averof and Mikrolimano harbour.
Georgios Averof
Ship
Photo: Pmoshs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Georgios Averof is a modified Pisa-class armoured cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the century.
Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre
Stadium
Photo: Dkoukoul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Faliro Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre is a stadium in the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex that hosted the beach volleyball competition for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Evangelistria and Zea (Pasalimani).
Zea (Pasalimani)
Neighborhood
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bay of Zea, since Ottoman times and until recently known as Paşalimanı, is a broad bay located at the eastern coast of the Piraeus peninsula in Attica, Greece.
Freattyda
Neighborhood
Freattyda is the name of a residential area in Piraeus, Athens, Greece. It is situated in the southeastern part of the Piraeus, near the Zea harbour. The Hellenic Maritime Museum is situated in Freattyda.
Phaleron Bay
- Categories: deme and body of water
- Location: Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Phaleron Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Phaleron Bay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Falèron”
- Cebuano: “Órmos Falírou”
- Chinese: “帕勒隆灣”
- Danish: “Órmos Falírou”
- Dutch: “Phalerum”
- Finnish: “Faleron”
- French: “Phalère”
- Greek: “Órmos Falírou”
- Greek: “Όρμος Φαλήρου”
- Greek: “Φάληρο Αιαντίδας”
- Greek: “Φάληρο”
- Hebrew: “פלרון”
- Italian: “Falero”
- Japanese: “パレロン”
- Japanese: “ファーレロン湾”
- Japanese: “ファリロ”
- Japanese: “ファレルム”
- Japanese: “ファレロン湾”
- Latin: “Phalerum”
- Polish: “Faleron”
- Portuguese: “Falero”
- Russian: “Фалер”
- Slovenian: “Faleron”
- Spanish: “Falero”
- Swedish: “Órmos Falírou”
- Tamil: “பலேரம்”
- Ukrainian: “Фалер”
- Urdu: “فالیروم (ایتھنز)”
- Urdu: “فالیروم”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mikrolimano and Peace and Friendship Stadium Olympic Complex.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mikrolimano and Flisvos Marina.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Phaleron Bay”. Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.