Piraeus
Piraeus[1] is a port and municipality in Athens, Attica, Greece, in the south of the center of Athens.
Mikrolimano.
Harbor.
Port of Piraeus.
Municipal theatre.
Karaiskakis Stadium, home of Olympiacos.
The population of Piraeus is 163,688 (2011).
Population
| Year | Municipal population | Change | Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 196,389 | - | 17,853.55/km² |
| 1991 | 182,671 | -14,168/-7.25% | 16,606.45/km² |
| 2001 | 175,697 | -6,974/-3.82% | 15,972.45/km² |
Sister cities
Famous residents
- Polychronis Lembesis (1848-1913) painter
- Ioannis Koutsis (18601953) painter
- Gerasimos Vokos (1868-1927) journalist and writer
- Alexandros Christofis (1875-1957) painter
- Stylianos Miliadis (1881-1965) writer
- Yiorgos Batis (1885-1967) rebetiko musician
- Dimitris Pikionis (1887-1968) architect
- Michalis Oikonomou (1888-1933) painter
- Katina Paxinou (1900–1973) actress
- Markos Vamvakaris (1905-1972) musician and composer
- Emmanuel Kriaras (1906) philologist and lexicographer
- Yannis Tsarouchis (1910-1989) painter
- Dimitrios Gavriilidis (1914) artist
- Michalis Genitsaris (1917-2005) singer and composer
- Andreas Krystallis (1919-1951) painter
- Ektor Kaknavatos (1920) poet
- Nicola Zaccaria (1923-2007) opera singer
- Thanasis Veggos (1926) actor and film director
- Andreas Mouratis (1926) footballer
- John S. Romanides (1927-2001) priest and theologian
- Archbishop Anastasios of Albania (1929)
- Dimitris Papamichael (1931-2004)
- Costas Simitis (1936) economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece
- Jannis Kounellis (1936) sculptor
- Tolis Voskopoulos (1940) singer and actor
- Thodoris Dritsas (1947) politician
- George Dalaras (1949) singer
- Yiannis Kyrastas (1952-2004) footballer and football manager
- Eleftheria Arvanitaki (1956) singer
- Mando (1966) singer
- Grigoris Georgatos (1973) footballer
- Spyros Paliouras (1957-1975) writer
- Nikolaos Pavlopoulos (1909-1990) sculptor and writer
- The Andrianopoulos brothers, founders of the Olympiacos sporting club
Mayors of Piraeus
- Christos Agrapidis (1999-2006)
- Panagiotis Fasoulas (2007- )
Universities and technological institutes
- University of Piraeus
References
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- Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Peiraieús
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piraeus.
- Municipality of Pireas Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Piraeus Port Authority
- The Marble Lion of Piraeus Archived 2007-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
| North: Nikaia, Korydallos and Agia Varvara | ||
| West: Drapetsona, Keratsini,Perama | Piraeus | East: Agios Ioannis Rentis and Moschato |
| South: Saronic Gulf, Phaleron Bay SE |
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