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Lávrion (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 42 52 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.7144 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 03 23 E degrees minutes |
Long: 24.0565 decimal degrees |
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Note: Has been center for silver mines of Laurium mountain since Antiquity; this silver was the principal source of wealth for Athens, and it financed the fleet built to defeat the Persians at Salamis in 483 BCE. |
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| Lávrion (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lavrion (C,V)
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| Laurium (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Laurion (C,V)
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| Ergasteria (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ergastíria (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Lavrium (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Λαύριον (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Egasteria (H,V)
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Lávrion (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since at least 1000 BC; modern town was founded in 19th cen. |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Mine of Laureion .......... (ancient site) |
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(World, Europe, Greece, Region of Attica) [8713076] |
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