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Piraeus

About Piraeus

182,671 in city
4,200,000 in metro
10 km² (4 mi²)
4 m
Piraeus is the port of Athens and also the biggest port of South-eastern Europe. Almost as ancient as Athens, Piraeus is a place of history with many monuments dating back to the Athens Golden Age (6th and 5th century BC). Piraeus is part of the Athens metro area since the early 1920s. The modern city, which is also a big banking and shipping business center, is characterised by a Mediterranean atmosphere combined with the fast pace of living in a European harbour. In addition, Piraeus has some very nice neighbourhoods with many seaside restaurants and night-clubs where the image of a busy commercial port gives way to the one of a fun town with its own peculiar colour. The port plays a major role for European shipping transports as rail, tram and road connections with Athens, the suburbs and the rest of Greece have seen a major upgrade in recent years. This took place in the context of the major public works forming part of the preparation for the 2004 Summer Olympics that were hosted in Athens. Today, Piraeus is a commercial and business centre with lots of prospects for the near future. These include, as part of a wider urban regeneration plan, a potential highrise business centre in the run-down area of Drapetsona at the fringes of the existing commercial port, albeit the planning horizon for full completion extends well into the next decade.

Metro Cities

Athens, Ellinikón, Kallithéa, Khaïdhárion, Maroussi, Níkaia, Peristérion, Piraeus

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
27 All Buildings
24
existing
2
planned
1
unbuilt

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Piraeus Tower 276 ft 1972
2 VTS-VTMIS Tower 148 ft 2006
3 5 Zoodochou Pigis Street - 2002
4 7 Giannopoulou Street - 2000
5 Piraeus Metaxa Cancer Hospital - 1968

Building types

No. Type
19 low-rise building
7 high-rise building
1 skyscraper

Other buildings

No. Type
2 Famous buildings
1 Buildings with construction images