1. PIRAEUS
Student: Chalari Maria Anna
School year:2012-13

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3. GENERAL VIEW OF
PIRAEUS
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4. MAP OF ATTICA
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5. Greece
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6. ANCIENT TIMES
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Piraeus was declared as a township in 517 B.C and it’s
walling was finished between 471 and 465 B.C. Piraeus
in ancient times, like today, was mostly an introductory
port with a great shipping and freight
motion, especially from October to April, when the
weather conditions facilitate the voyages of sailing
boats. Except of the trade there was an important
development in manufacturing with representative
departments shipbuilding , metallurgy and pottery.

7. THE PORT
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In the port the most important port works were done to
provide the possibility to cater to the needs of the port
movement of the time, that reached about 2500 ships
and 1.500.000 tones of cargos per year. There were some
other works that were done and helped the
development of the port as the railway connection to
Athens in 1869.

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9. INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT
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The industry covered all the basic
departments, succeeded in renewing the technical
equipment, overcame the crisis and stood up until
today as a basic item of the economic structure of the
town.

10. OLD FACTORY OF
ELECTRICITY
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