Visit the first place mentioned by Pausanias, the
travel writer of the second century A.D. in his description of Greece
as the "sacred promontory of the Athenians", the temple
of Poseidon on Cape Sounion, 68 kms Southeast of Athens. Poseidon
had his palace in the depths of the sea and his temple on a windswept
rock rising above the Aegean sea.
The position of Cape Sounion was of strategic importance
in ancient times so the Athenians established a small naval base and
a fortress to protect the ships carrying grain to Piraeus, the port
of Athens.
Visit the temple of Poseidon, built near the edge
of the cliff, one of the most beautiful monuments of the classical
times to have survived to the present day, and enjoy a magnificent
sea view.
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