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Once the glory of the classical world, contemporary Athens, the capital of
Greece, home to 4,500,000 people, and the cradle of democracy and western
thought is an important political, social, cultural and economic centre in
the Balkans and Southeast Europe, pulsing with life and holding great
fascination for thousands of visitors year round.
Located east central Greece,
Attica, the country's most populated region known as Greater Athens or
Attica basin, is surrounded by the mountains of Hymettus in the east,
Pendeli and Parnes in the north, the low hills of Mt Aegaleo in the west and
the Saronic coastline south-west. Attica comprises the capital, Athens, the
adjacent port city and commercial centre of Piraeus, the picturesque Saronic
islands of Aegina, Poros, Hydra and Spetses, the wine-producing region of
Messogia in the east and a number of smaller towns in the west. |
