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'''Piraeus''', or '''Peiraeus''' (Modern Greek: Πειραιά(ς) ''Pireá(s)'', Ancient Greek / [[Katharevousa]]: Πειραιεύς ''Pireéfs'') is a city in the [[Attica prefecture]], [[Greece]], located south of [[Athens]]. It was the port of the ancient city of Athens, and was chosen to serve as the modern port when Athens was re-founded in [[1834]]. Piraeus remains a major shipping and industrial centre, and is the terminus for Line 1 (the "green line"), the electric train service now incorporated into the [[Athens Metro]].
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==Events==
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*[[293]]: [[Constantius Chlorus]], the father of [[Constantine the Great]], is made Caesar by Maximian.
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*[[1770]]: [[Mani]]otes liberate [[Kalamata]] during the "[[Orlov Events]]".
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*[[1923]]: The Julian Calendar is officially replaced by the Gregorian in Greece. [[February 16]] becomes March 1.
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*[[1935]]: A Venizelist coup d'etat fails. [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] flees to Italy.
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*[[1941]]: A strong earthquake (6.3 on the Richter scale) strikes [[Larisa]] killing 40 persons.
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*[[1952]]: [[Nikos Beloyiannis]] is sentenced to death by a military tribunal.
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*[[1959]]: The first ever [[PROPO]] in Greek history pays off 228,000 [[drachma]]s to its first winner. Runners-up win 4,757 drachmas each.
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*[[1959]]: After three years of exile, Archbishop [[Makarios III]] returns to [[Cyprus]] to an unprecedented welcome: Nearly two-thirds of all adult Cypriots turn out to greet him.
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*[[1963]]: A fixed fine is established for Members of the Greek Parliament who miss a session without a valid excuse.
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*[[1988]]: The [[Revolutionary Organisation 17 November]] murder industrialist, Alexandros Athanasiades-Bodosakis, on Kifisias Avenue in [[Filothei]].
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*[[1996]]: The Greek Supreme Court "Areios Pagos" declares unconstitutional the confiscation of the Royal property in Greece.
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*[[2011]]: A gun battle at [[Agios Ioannis Rentis]] leaves two policemen dead and another two wounded. The stolen vehicle and the weapons used by the unknown culprits were later found by the police.
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===Sports===
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*[[1920]]: The Greek Athletes Union, under its president, [[Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos]], silver medallist of the 1st Olympic Games, demands that [[Panathenian Games]] are organized on the 30 and 31 of March. This demand is not granted by the Minister of Education and the Union will be gradually driven to dissolution.
  
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The population of the ''demos'' (municipality) of Piraeus is 175,697 (2001). The ''nomarchia'' of Piraeus, which includes the surrounding land and some of the islands of the [[Saronic Gulf]], has a population of 541,504 (2001). It consists of a rocky promontory, containing three natural harbours, a large one on the north-west which is an important commercial harbour for the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea]], and two smaller ones  - [[Pasalimani]] and [[Tourkolimano]] - used for naval purposes.  The port serves ferry routes to almost every island in the eastern portion of Greece, the island of [[Crete]], the [[Cyclades]], the [[Dodecanese]], and much of the northern and the eastern [[Aegean]].  The western part of the port is used for cargo services and covers a huge area.  Much of that part of the harbour is in suburban [[Drapetsona]].
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==Births==
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*[[1842]]: [[Nikolaos Gyzis]], painter
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*[[1896]]: [[Dimitris Mitropoulos (composer)|Dimitris Mitropoulos]], conductor
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*[[1937]]: [[Kostas Vallianos]], footballer
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*[[1947]]: [[Totis Fylakouris]], football player
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*[[1950]]: [[Dimitris Papadopoulos (OFI)|Dimitris Papadopoulos]], footballer
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*[[1961]]: [[Savvas Kofidis]], football player and coach.
  
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==History==
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==Deaths==
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*[[1999]]: [[Giorgos Venetoulias]], journalist, president of [[Ethnikos Piraeus FC]]
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*[[1999]]: [[Angelos Vasiliadis]], footballer
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*[[2016]]: [[Giorgos Tsakanikas]], athlete ([[shot put]], [[discus]])
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*[[2019]]: [[Phaedon Georgitsis]], actor
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*[[2020]]: [[Andreas Papaemmanouil]], footballer
  
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The name Piraeus roughly means "the place over the passage".  In very early antiquity Piraeus was a rocky island connected to the mainland by a low-lying stretch of land that was flooded with sea water most of the year and was used as a salt field whenever it dried up.  Consequently it was called the "Halipedon" (salt field) and its muddy soil made it a tricky passage.  The area was increasingly silted and flooding ceased, and by early classical times the land passage was made safe.  It was then that Piraeus assumed its importance as a deep water harbor, and the older, shallow [[Phaleron]] harbor fell into gradual disuse.
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[[Themistocles]] was the first to urge the Athenians to take advantage of these harbours, instead of using the sandy bay of [[Phaleron]]. The fortification of Piraeus was begun in [[493 BC]]. In [[460 BC]] it was connected with Athens by the Long Walls. The original town of Piraeus was planned by the architect [[Hippodamus|Hippodamus of Miletus]] in the famous grid system that he devised, probably in the time of [[Pericles]]. The promontory itself consisted of two parts, the hill of Munychia and the projection of Acte. On the opposite side of the harbour was the outwork of Eetioneia.
 
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In [[404 BC]] Munychia was seized by [[Thrasybulus]] and the exiles from [[Phyle]], who then defeated the [[Thirty Tyrants]] in Athens. The three chief arsenals of Peiraeus were Munychia, Zea and Cantharus, which could contain 82, 196 and 94 ships respectively in the [[4th century BC]]. 
 
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Large parts of the [[Themistoclean Walls]] around the shoreline survive in very good condition to this day, and are incorporated in seaside promenades.  Remnants of the [[neosoikoi]] ("ships' houses"), where the [[triremes]] were kept in wintertime, were also excavated and valuable information about ancient shipbuilding and sailing was obtained by their study.
 
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==Historical population==
 
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing=0 class=prettytable
 
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! Year !! Municipal population !! Change !! Density
 
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| [[1981]] || 196,389 || - || 17,853.55/km²
 
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| [[1991]] || 182,671 || -14,168/7.25% || 16,606.45/km²
 
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| [[2001]] || 175,697 || -6,974/-3.82% || 15,972.45/km²
 
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The municipality of Piraeus once had over 200,000 inhabitants. The population has declined by 10% over the last 20 years, although the decline slowed between 1991 and 2001.
 
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==Suburbs==
 
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*[[Perama]]
 
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*[[Drapetsona]]
 
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*[[Nikaia]]
 
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*[[Korydallos]]
 
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*[[Neo Phaliro]]
 
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*[[Agios Ioannis Rentis]]
 
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*[[Keratsini]]
 
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==Persons==
 
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*[[Giorgos Batis]] ([[1885]] in [[Methana]] - [[March 10]], [[1967]]), a [[List of Greeks in music|Greek musician]]
 
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*[[Dimitris Gogos]] ([[1903]] - [[1985]]), a Greek musician
 
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*[[Christos Levantas]] ([[1904]] - [[1974]])
 
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*The Andrianopoulos brothers, founders of the Olympiakos sporting club
 
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*[[Markos Vamvakaris]] ([[1905]] - [[February 8]], [[1972]]), a Greek musician
 
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*[[Spiros Zagoreos]] ([[1928]] - , [[laika]] singer
 
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*[[Dimitris Papamichael]] ([[1931]] - [[August 8]], [[2004]])
 
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*[[Petros Anagnostakis]] ([[1933]] - [[June 1]], [[1995]]), [[laika]] singer
 
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*[[Elias Yfantis]], ([[1936]] - ),footballer
 
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*[[Yiannis Kyrastas]] ([[1951]] - [[April 1]], [[2004]])
 
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==Historical mayors of Piraeus==
 
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*[[Kyriakos Serfiotis]]
 
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*[[Petros Omiridis]]
 
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*[[Antonios Theocharis]]
 
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*[[Loukas Rallis]]
 
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*[[Dimitrios Moutzopoulos]]
 
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*[[Tryfon Moutzopoulos]]
 
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*[[Theodoros Retsinas]]
 
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*[[Pavlos Damalas]]
 
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*[[Anastasios Panagiotopoulos]]
 
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*[[Machail Rinopoulos]]
 
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*[[Sotirios Stratigis]]
 
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*[[Konstantinos Tsiakos]]
 
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*[[Pavlos Dentidakis]]
 
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*[[Giorgos Andrianopoulos]]
 
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*[[Georgios Kyriakakos]]
 
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*[[Aristides Skilitsis]]
 
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*[[Anastasios Voulodimos]]
 
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*[[Yiannis Papaspirou]]
 
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*[[Andreas Andrianopoulos]]
 
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*[[Georgios Stratigos]]
 
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*[[Stelios Logothetis]]
 
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*[[Christos Agrapidis]] - incumbent
 
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==Sports teams==
 
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*[[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]]
 
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*[[Proodeftiki FC|Proodeftiki]]
 
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*[[Ethnikos FC|Ethnikos]] - [[Football C Division|C Division]]
 
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*[[Ionikos FC|Ionikos]]
 
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*[[Atromitos Piraeus FC|Atromitos Piraeus]] - [[Football D Division|D Division]]
 
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*[[Argonautis Piraeus FC|Argonautis Piraeus]] - Local league
 
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
 
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[[Category:Attica prefecture]]
 
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[[Category:Piraeus|Piraeus]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:47, March 1, 2020

Events

  • 293: Constantius Chlorus, the father of Constantine the Great, is made Caesar by Maximian.
  • 1770: Maniotes liberate Kalamata during the "Orlov Events".
  • 1923: The Julian Calendar is officially replaced by the Gregorian in Greece. February 16 becomes March 1.
  • 1935: A Venizelist coup d'etat fails. Eleftherios Venizelos flees to Italy.
  • 1941: A strong earthquake (6.3 on the Richter scale) strikes Larisa killing 40 persons.
  • 1952: Nikos Beloyiannis is sentenced to death by a military tribunal.
  • 1959: The first ever PROPO in Greek history pays off 228,000 drachmas to its first winner. Runners-up win 4,757 drachmas each.
  • 1959: After three years of exile, Archbishop Makarios III returns to Cyprus to an unprecedented welcome: Nearly two-thirds of all adult Cypriots turn out to greet him.
  • 1963: A fixed fine is established for Members of the Greek Parliament who miss a session without a valid excuse.
  • 1988: The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November murder industrialist, Alexandros Athanasiades-Bodosakis, on Kifisias Avenue in Filothei.
  • 1996: The Greek Supreme Court "Areios Pagos" declares unconstitutional the confiscation of the Royal property in Greece.
  • 2011: A gun battle at Agios Ioannis Rentis leaves two policemen dead and another two wounded. The stolen vehicle and the weapons used by the unknown culprits were later found by the police.

Sports

  • 1920: The Greek Athletes Union, under its president, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, silver medallist of the 1st Olympic Games, demands that Panathenian Games are organized on the 30 and 31 of March. This demand is not granted by the Minister of Education and the Union will be gradually driven to dissolution.

Births

Deaths

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