Áyios Yeóryios
District of Palaiá Fókaia
Attica - Greece

Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre

The Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre hosted the equestrian events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located at Markópoulo on the outskirts of the Athens suburbs. It was completed in December 2003 and officially opened on August 12, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the competition. The capacity of the venue is 10,000 for the Jumping Event, 8,100 seats for the Dressage and 15,000 seats for the Cross-Country Event.

Located at 37.8778, 23.9719 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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2004 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic equestrian venues, Sports venues in Greece

Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre

The Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre was the site of the shooting events at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The venue is located in Markópoulo, on the outskirts of the eastern suburbs of Athens. It has a seating capacity of 4,000, though a public capacity of only 2,330 for the Olympics. The venue was completed in March, 2004 and officially opened on August 2, 2004, shortly before the beginning of the Olympics.

Located at 37.8708, 23.9069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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2004 Summer Olympic venues, Olympic shooting venues, Sports venues in Greece

Sounion

Cape Sounion is a promontory located 69 kilometres SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece. Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788–1824).

Located at 37.6506, 24.0246 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Populated coastal places in Greece, Populated places in East Attica, Ancient Greek sanctuaries, Headlands of Greece, National parks of Greece, Tourism in Greece, Temples of Poseidon, Ancient Attica, Visitor attractions in Attica

Greek National Road 89

Greek National Road 89 is a road in East Attica, Greece. It connects Gerakas, an eastern suburb of Athens, with Sounio, via Koropi and Lavrio. Between Gerakas and Koropi it has lost importance after the opening of the Motorway 6. There are plans to upgrade the section between Koropi and Lavrio to motorway standards, by constructing junctions to replace the traffic lights and generally upgrading the road. This new road will carry the designation A61.

Located at 37.8562, 23.9331 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Transport in Athens, Roads in Greece

Greek National Road 91

Greek National Road 91 (Greek: Εθνική Οδός 91, abbreviated as EO91) is a highway in Attica, Greece. It runs from the centre of Athens to Sounio, via Vouliagmeni. It was first constructed in the 1950s as a one lane per direction road, but the section between Athens and Vouliagmeni was later extended to two lanes per direction. It has many extremely dangerous curves, and accidents happen on an almost daily basis.

Located at 37.8103, 23.8279 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Roads in Greece

Hellenic Military Academy

The Evelpidon Military Academy (Greek: Στρατιωτική Σχολή Ευελπίδων, lit. "Military School for Aspirant ", "SSE") is the Officer cadet school of the Greek Army and the oldest tertiary level educational institution in Greece. It was founded in 1828 in Nafplion by Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Governor of the modern Greek State.

Located at 37.8422, 23.8122 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Military academies, Hellenic Army, Educational institutions established in 1828,

Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center

The Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming" is a non-profit research organisation based in Vari, Athens, Greece. The Center is named after the scientist Alexander Fleming. Since the beginning of its operations in 1998, the Center develops basic as well as translational and applied research programs at the cutting edge of modern biomedical sciences.

Located at 37.8259, 23.793 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Science and technology in Greece, Buildings and structures in Athens, Medical research institutes

Greek National Road 85

Greek National Road 85 is a national highway of Greece. It connects Rafina with Lavrio via Porto Rafti.

Located at 37.8509, 24.0202 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Roads in Greece

SS Oria (1920)

SS Oria was a Norwegian steamboat, which sank on February 12, 1944, causing the death of some 4,000 Italian prisoners of war. This was one of the worst maritime disasters ever, and probably the worst loss of life caused by the sinking of a single ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

Located at 37.65, 23.9833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Maritime incidents in 1944, 1920 ships, Wear-built ships, Steamships of Norway, World War II merchant ships of Norway, World War II merchant ships of France, World War II merchant ships of Germany, World War II shipwrecks in the Aegean Sea

Patroklos, Attica

Patroklos or Gaidouronisi is a small, private island located in the Saronic Gulf, Greece. It is situated about 65 km from Athens and 3 km from Sounion and is part of the Attica region. In ancient times, the island was known as Patroklou Charax or Kopros. It also was the island that was at the heart of the Greek island affair. It is currently up for sale at the price of €150 million.

Located at 37.6507, 23.9504 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Geography of Attica, Saronic Islands, Private islands