Attica
East Attica
Lavreotiki

Temple of Poseidon

The Temple of Poseidon is an ancient Greek temple on Cape Sounion, , dedicated to the god Poseidon. There is evidence of the establishment of sanctuaries on the cape from as early as the 11th century BC.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Greek temple in Lavreotiki Municipality, Greece
  • Also known as: “Sounio temple”, “Temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion”, “Temple of Poseidon at Sounion”, and “Temple of Poseidon, Sounion”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sounio and Legrena.

Photo: Adam Carr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a national park in , the historic region of city-state. It is a popular day trip from Athens because of its splendid Temple of Poseidon.

Village
is a coastal village in in southern Greece on the coast of the peninsula. It is part of the municipality . It lies along Greek National Road 91, to the west of . is situated 3 km northwest of Temple of Poseidon.

Hamlet
Kato is a settlement in Southeastern under the administration of the Municipality of . The settlement is 36.7 miles from , 2.5 miles from , and 3 miles from . is situated 4½ km northeast of Temple of Poseidon.

Temple of Poseidon

Latitude
37.65021° or 37° 39′ 1″ north
Longitude
24.02459° or 24° 1′ 29″ east
Open location code
8G96M22F+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32390705
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q21705206
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Temple of Poseidon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد بوسيدون”
  • Basque: “Poseidonen tenplua (Sounion)”
  • Basque: “Poseidonen tenplua”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Posidó a Súnion”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Posidó”
  • Chinese: “波塞冬神廟”
  • Czech: “Poseidonův chrám”
  • Finnish: “Poseidonin temppeli”
  • French: “temple de Poséidon au cap Sounion”
  • French: “Temple de Poséidon au cap Sounion”
  • French: “Temple de Poséidon”
  • German: “Poseidontempel am Kap Sounion”
  • German: “Poseidontempel”
  • Greek: “Ναός Ποσειδώνα (Σούνιο)”
  • Greek: “Ναός Ποσειδώνος (Σούνιο)”
  • Greek: “Ναός Σουνίου”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Ποσειδώνα”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Poseidone a Capo Sunio”
  • Japanese: “スニオンのポセイドン神殿”
  • Persian: “معبد پوزئیدون”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Posejdona na Sunionie”
  • Russian: “Храм Посейдона в Сунионе”
  • Russian: “Храм Посейдона”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Poseidón en el cabo Sunio”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Poseidón en Sunio”
  • Spanish: “templo de Sunio”
  • Western Armenian: “Փոսիդոնասի տաճար, Սունիօ”

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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 “Temple of Poseidon”. Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.