Piraeus

The Piraeus is the ancient port of , and still functions as the chief exit point from the city by sea, for destinations among the Aegean Islands and elsewhere in the east Mediterranean.
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  • City with about 168,000 residents
  • Description: city and port of Attica region, Greece
  • Also known as
    “Athens port”
    “Peiraiá”
    “Peiraievs”
    “Piréefs”
  • Established: November 11, 1835

Places of Interest

Discover Railway Museum Athens and Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
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Museum
The Railway Museum of Athens, Greece, was founded by the Hellenic Railways Organisation in 1978.
Museum
The is a museum…
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Theater building
The Piraeus Municipal Theatre is a neoclassical…

Suburbs in the Area

Discover Nikaia and Keratsini.
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Suburb
, known before 1940 as Kokkinia, is a town and…
is a suburban town in the western part…
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Suburb
is a coastal town, a suburb and a former…

Piraeus

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Latitude
37.9432° or 37° 56′ 35″ north
Longitude
23.6471° or 23° 38′ 49″ east
UN/LOCODE
GR PIR
Open location code
8G95WJVW+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154089041
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
255274
Wiki­data ID
Q58976

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Piraeus” goes by many names.
PiraeusAfrikaans
PireuAlbanian
ΠειραιεύςAncient Greek (to 1453)
بيرايوسArabic
PeiraiásAragonese
PiraeusAragonese
ՊիրեյոսArmenian
El PiréuAsturian
PireyAzerbaijani
PiraeusBalinese
ПирейBashkir
PiraeusBasque
PireoBasque
ПірэйBelarusian
পিরেয়াসBengali
ПиреасBulgarian
ПиреосBulgarian
ПиреусBulgarian
ПиреяBulgarian
El PireuCatalan
PireuCatalan
PiraeusCebuano
ПирейChechen
比雷埃夫斯Chinese
PirejCroatian
PiraeusCzech
PireásCzech
PireosCzech
PireusCzech
Athens havnDanish
PiraeusDanish
PiraeusDutch
PireasDutch
PireusDutch
Porto LeoneDutch
PireoEsperanto
PireusEstonian
PeiraieusFinnish
PiraeusFinnish
PiraievsFinnish
PireusFinnish
Le PiréeFrench
PiréeFrench
O PireoGalician
PireoGalician
პირეოსიGeorgian
PeiraieusGerman
PiräásGerman
PiräeusGerman
PiräusGerman
PireásGerman
PireusGerman
PeiraiásGreek
PeiraiéfsGreek
Λιμήν ΑθηνώνGreek
ΠειραιάςGreek
Πειραιεύς (historical)Greek
Πόρτο ΔράκοGreek
Πόρτο ΛεόνεGreek
Πόρτο της ΑθήναςGreek
પિરાઈસGujarati
פיראוסHebrew
पिरेयुसHindi
PireuszHungarian
PireusIdo
PiraeusIndonesian
PiréasIrish
Il PireoItalian
PireoItalian
ピラエウスJapanese
ピレアスJapanese
ピレウスJapanese
ピレエウスJapanese
ピレエフスJapanese
ピレオJapanese
ペイライエウスJapanese
ペイラエウス港Japanese
PiraeusJavanese
ಪರೆಯುಸ್Kannada
پیرایوسKashmiri
پیرییَسKashmiri
ПирейKazakh
페이라이에우스Korean
피라이우스Korean
피레아스Korean
피레에프스Korean
피레오스Korean
피레우스Korean
PiraeusLatin
PeiraeusLatvian
PirejaLatvian
ΠειραιάςLatvian
PiraeusLimburgan
PireasLimburgan
PirėjasLithuanian
PirėjusLithuanian
El PireeLombard
PireoLombard
PiräusLuxembourgish
ПирејMacedonian
PiraeusMalay
PiraeusMaltese
पीरेअसMarathi
Пирэ‎йMoksha
ПирейMongolian
PireusNorwegian
PeiraeusNorwegian Bokmål
PeiraieusNorwegian Bokmål
PiraeusNorwegian Bokmål
PireásNorwegian Bokmål
PireusNorwegian Bokmål
PeiraiasNorwegian Nynorsk
PeiraieusNorwegian Nynorsk
PiraeusNorwegian Nynorsk
PireusNorwegian Nynorsk
Lo PirèuOccitan (post 1500)
ПирейOssetian
پیرئوسPersian
پیرهPersian
PireusPolish
ΠειραιάςPontic
PiraeusPortuguese
PireuPortuguese
PireusPortuguese
پیرایوسPushto
PeiraeusRomanian
PeiraiefsRomanian
PiraeusRomanian
PireasRomanian
PireuRomanian
PireusRomanian
ПирейRussian
PiraeusSamogitian
PirėjasSamogitian
PiriejosSamogitian
PiraeusScots
ΠειραιάςScots
PiraeusSerbian
PirejSerbian
ΠειραιάςSerbian
ПирејSerbian
PirejSerbo-Croatian
PireusSilesian
පයිරියස්Sinhala
PireusSlovak
atensko pristaniščeSlovenian
PirejSlovenian
El PireoSpanish
PiraiévsSpanish
PireoSpanish
Puerto de El PireoSpanish
PeiraieusSwedish
PiraeusSwedish
PireusSwedish
PiräusSwiss German
பிரேயஸ்Tamil
పిర్యాయుస్Telugu
PeiraieúsThai
PiraeusThai
PiraieusThai
PiraievsThai
พีเรอัสThai
พีเรเอฟส์Thai
ไพรีอัสThai
PiraeusTumbuka
PiraeusTurkish
PireTurkish
ПірейUkrainian
پیرایوسUrdu
PireyUzbek
Pirey (Gretsiya)Uzbek
Il PireoVenetian
PireiVeps
PiraeusVietnamese
PiraeusVlaams
PireasVolapük
PiraeusWaray (Philippines)
PiraeusWelsh
ԲիրէաWestern Armenian
ՓիրէաWestern Armenian
比雷埃夫斯Wu Chinese
比雷埃夫斯Yue Chinese

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