Athens' Long Walls prompted distrust and eventual war 2,500 years ago. Nato is the most obvious 'Pericles Wall' of our times Much has been said about Thucydides' trap, but few talk about Pericles' ...

In 478 the walls erected around Athens enclosed an area of 3.5 square kilometers, including the Piraeus, or harbor district. The full population of the city was over 140,000, but only 40,000 of ...

Aiolou Street in Athens is arguably the navel of modern Greece. A street around which the city and an entire nation began to ...

The French Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived at the port of Piraeus on Saturday, following a ...

Piraeus Port stands as the main port of Athens and one of the busiest in Europe, acting as a gateway to much of the country’s popular eastern islands, including Santorini, Mykonos and Crete.

And to get to Kifisia, use Line 1 of the metro. Piraeus is Athens' main port, connecting the city with nearby islands like Aegina and Crete. Located approximately 6 miles southwest of central ...