Elefsina Air Base

Elefsina Air Base is a military air base situated in Elefsina, Greece. It is used as the home-base of the 112th Combat Wing of the Hellenic Air Force.

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Type: Aerodrome
Description: military airport in Greece
Also known as: “Elefsina Military Airport”, “Elefsis Airport”, and “LGEL”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Eleusis and Magoula railway station.

Archaeological Museum of Eleusis

Museum

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The Archeological Museum of Eleusis is a museum in Eleusis, Attica, Greece. The museum is located inside the archaeological site of Eleusis. Built in 1890, by the plans of the German architect Georg Kawerau, to keep the findings of the excavations, and after two years was extended under the plans of the Greek architect J.

Magoula railway station

Railway station

Magoula railway station is a station in the municipal unit of Magoula of the municipality of Elefsina, West Attica, Greece. It is located adjacent to A8 motorway between Athens and Patras.

Saint Zacharias church

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aspropyrgos and Magoula.

Aspropyrgos

Town

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Aspropyrgos is a western suburb, in the Athens metropolitan area and a municipality in the West Attica regional unit in the Thriasio Plain, Attica, Greece. The municipality had a population of 31,381 at the 2021 census. It has an area of 101.983 km2.

Magoula

Town

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Magoula is a suburban town of Athens and former community of West Attica, located in the Thriasio Plain. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Elefsina, of which it is a municipal unit.