Cape Sounion, Greece

The sanctuary at Sounion is one of the most important sanctuaries in Attica. There were actually two sanctuaries on the promontory: one dedicated to Poseidon and another one dedicated to Athena, of which very few remains are extant.

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Sounion
The sanctuary at Sounion is one of the most important sanctuaries in Attica....

Temple Poseidon at Sounion
The first mentions on Sounion are relegated to the Greek mythology and the...

Sounion and the Sea
The harbor west of the cape was used as a naval dockyard of the city-state of...

Poseidon
It is said that there is certain day each year that exactly on sunset...

Sounion - Temple of Poseidon
The construction of the first imposing Doric temple on the site of the...

Sounion Views
The sanctuary at Sounion is one of the most important sanctuaries in Attica....

Sounion Views
Sounion cape was fortified in 412 B.C. during the Peloponnesian War,...

article published 11/22/2004

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