Port of Piraeus
The Port of Piraeus 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. The Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping operates the port.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Harbor
- Description: chief port of Athens
- Also known as: “Limani Peiraia”, “Piraeus”, “Piraeus Harbour”, and “Piraeus Port”
- Historically known as: “Port Drako”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Piraeus and Municipal Theater of Piraeus.
Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is a museum in Piraeus, a port city within the Athens urban area in Greece. It contains mainly sculptures, discovered in Piraeus and in the area of the Attic coast from Bronze Age to Roman times.
Municipal Theater of Piraeus
Theater building
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The Piraeus Municipal Theatre is a neoclassical building built on plans by the architect Ioannis Lazarimos and was opened on 9 April 1895. The theatre has a 600-seat capacity and is located in the centremost place of Piraeus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chadjikyriakeio and Troumpa.
Port of Piraeus
- Categories: seaport and transportation
- Location: Piraeus, Piraeus Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Port of Piraeus” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Porti i Pireut”
- Arabic: “ميناء بيرايوس”
- Asturian: “Puertu del Pireo”
- Bashkir: “Пирей порты”
- Basque: “Pireoko portua”
- Catalan: “port del Pireu”
- Cebuano: “Piraeus Port”
- Chinese: “比雷埃夫斯港”
- Dutch: “haven van Piraeus”
- Esperanto: “Haveno Pireo”
- Finnish: “Pireuksen satama”
- French: “Port autonome du Pirée”
- French: “Port du Pirée”
- German: “Hafen Piräus”
- German: “Hafen von Piräus”
- Greek: “Limáni Peiraiá”
- Greek: “Liménas Peiraiós”
- Greek: “Limín Peiraiós”
- Greek: “Peiraiás”
- Greek: “Λιμάνι Πειραιά”
- Greek: “Λιμάνι του Πειραιά”
- Greek: “Λιμένας Πειραιώς”
- Greek: “Λιμήν Πειραιώς”
- Greek: “Πειραιάς”
- Greek: “Το Λιμάνι του Πειραιά”
- Hebrew: “נמל פיראוס”
- Irish: “Calafort Phiréas”
- Japanese: “ピレウス港”
- Romanian: “Portul Pireu”
- Russian: “Пирейский порт”
- Serbian: “Лука Пиреј”
- Spanish: “Puerto de El Pireo”
- Spanish: “Puerto del Pireo”
- Swedish: “Piraeus hamn”
- Swedish: “Piraeus Port”
- Turkish: “Pire Limanı”
- Ukrainian: “Пірейський порт”
- Ukrainian: “Порт Пірея”
- Urdu: “پیرایوس بندرگاہ”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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