Attica

38.002723.81Koordinaten: 38 ° 0 ' 9.7 "N, 23 ° 48' 36" E

Attica ( ancient Greek Attikē Ἀττική ) is a peninsula or a historical region in central Greece with the capital Athens. In it, today is the same region.

Attica is bordered to the west by the mountains Cithaeron to Boeotia. In the south, the peninsula is delimited by the Cape Sounion. Important places were the port of Piraeus, near Athens, Marathon in the Northeast, Eleusis in the west and in the east Thorikos. In addition to the sanctuary of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, the mysteries of Eleusis and the sanctuary of Artemis in Brauron important places of worship in Attica were.

The special light of Attica Attica are referred to as light.

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Attica (region) Kithairon Marathon, Greece
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