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Attica

Attica Αττική
Capital	Athens
Noma	Athens, East Attica, Western Attica, Pira
Population	3 841 408 people. (2005 year)
Area	3808 km²
Population density	1009 people / km²
Administrative regions of Greece
Attica

Geography

Most of the attics is covered with elevations consisting of limestone and marble, and is currently alone naked, deprived of vegetation spaces. Only higher parts of the Kiferon and Parnassa, as well as the North-West Pentelikon slopes are covered with pine and fir forests. The basis of all mining system serves Kieferon (now ELATEY, the so-called spruce hill, the highest point which rises at 1411 m above sea level). Kieferon's main ridge separates attic from VOTISI; From Megara Attica is separated by its branch coming to the south and the name of Kerat (Horn); With the southeastern spurs of the Kiferon, the 1413 m Parnas (now Oceya), which northeastern branches, now wearing individual names (Beletti, Armenia, Maurovo, Tsanaany, Straighkorak, Kotronic), stretch to the eastern edge of the region, are formed in this part. Attiki is a real mountain country (diacrium or ancient eappry). The southern continuation of Parnass is to rise significantly below the sea of \u200b\u200bEgaleos, which in the southern part, where he goes into the sea against the island of Salamin, is called the corridalos (now Skaramant), and in the middle, where he disperses the gorge connecting the plains of Athens and Elevais is called Pekilion. In the northeast, the Athenian plain is bored by Brilltos, or, as it was commonly called around the terrain lying on his southern slope, Penterikon (now more than more than now). This is 1110 m of the height of the pyramidal elevation with extensive, now with success exploited by marbles, which deliver an excellent white marble of the finest grain, going on buildings and statues. The valley of 4 km width separates in the south of the Pentelikon sole from the southern belt, almost extremely consisted of a bluish-gray marble, which in antiquity used for architectural purposes. This ridge - thoughts (now drove) - rises by 1027 m, almost deprived of forest vegetation, but covered with fragile herbs and therefore inhabited wild bees that give excellent honey. The eastern edge of the area (in the ancient parallia) is breaking with less high chains of the hills, which south of the Himmete, where the peninsula is narrowed, are connected to one ridge - the Lavrionic Highlands, which is Cool descending to the sea, Sunium, on which the ruins of the temple of Athens will now come out , on the columns of which, now, the cape is called the sailors of the cap-colonum. Lavrionian mountains in their richness silver had a high meaning in antiquity; But these mines, at first very profitable, before it was exploited, which is immediately after the beginning of N. e. I had to stop prey. Only in the later time they tried, and not unsuccessfully, from slags that remain from previous work, to extract benefits.

The mountains stretch part directly to the sea, the apparent land accumulated part of their soles, forming more or less broad shore plains, of which many were known in antiquity. Wonderful marathon plain marathon (Belor.)russian On the north shore. It represents lowland 9 km, length and from 2-4 km shir., With an extensive marsh to the northeast. Here in 490 BC. e. The Persian army suffered a defeat from the Athenian troops. More significant plains, which or, starting at the shore, stretch far away in the country, or are completely separated from the sea, in the country only three: 1) Athenian plain, often called simply "plain" (pedion); 2) The smaller, separated from the Athenian Egaleos Mountains, the Triatic plain (the so-called the ancient terrain of TRIA) and 3) of the plain between the gymnas and lower mountain chains of the Eastern Coast, which is connected to the Athenian Plain by the valley separating the Pentelikon from Himmete.

The irrigation of the country is extremely poor. The most significant streams proceed at the Athenian Plain, namely, Kefis, starting in the south-western foot of the Pentelikon in the rich forest area of \u200b\u200bCeffs, fed by different tributaries from Parnassa. It proceeds to the plain in the south-west direction and to the west of the city is given to numerous channels for irrigation of vegetable gardens and plantations; Ilway begins at the northern foot of the Himmete, proceeds from the eastern and south side of the city and to the southwest of it is lost in the sands. In addition to them, you need to mention another Keffis of Eleusinskaya Plain, about the teething marathon plain the pole Enoe (so named on the above-north of the ancient terrain) and about Erasinos, which flows further to the south of the eastern coastal, in the ancient locality of Arafen (now Rafina).

Agriculture and fossils

The country's soil is almost completely light, rather thin layer of rocky limestone, which is little suitable for the cultivation of wheat, more - for barley and grapes, but especially for olive and figs, and therefore the last as in antiquity, and now are the main products of the country and Items of its export. Cattle breeding is significantly today, and in ancient times, attic wool used great glory. In the mountains, not to mention the Silver Minerals of Lavrion exhausted already, excellent marble is mined; The soil in many places, especially on the coastal strip, coming to the south-west of the harbor of Piraya and the Falern Bay and the footpit from the foothills of Kolias (now Gagios Kosmas), gives excellent clay for dishes, and therefore a pottery presented in ancient Athens the flowering branch of industry and His products had a very common sales.

History

The population of the country, not to mentioning some pelasgic elements of the prehistoric era and the enormous number of foreigners, subsequently living in Athens, belonged to ancient times to the Ionian tribe. Residents called themselves authtons, that is, indigenous, since their ancestors were made directly from the soil of the country and from time immemorial, the Earth consisted in their continuous possession. As all the ionic peoples, the inhabitants of Attica disintegrated into four knees or classes (films): Heleonts (noble), goplites (warriors), Egikoreev (shepherds in general and goats in particular) and Ergadeev (farmers). According to legend, in the country from time immemorials there were 12 independent cities or community unions. These were part of the individual, even later existing settlements, like Kecropy (later Athens), Elevais, Dealer and Athena (the last two in the north of the country), Braurone (among the Eastern Coast), Torikos (in the southernmost part of the Eastern Coast), Kyteros (location Unknown), Sfetos and Kefisia, part of the Union of several settlements, like Epacria (North mountain country), Tetrapolis (Union of four cities) at the marathon plain and tetrakomi (union of four villages) in the very south of the Athenian Plain. According to legend, these 12 communities are connected by theses in one political integer, the capital of which are Athens.

Administrative division in antiquity \u003d\u003d Vitalik Sergekin

The division of the people on 4 films remained both with the kings and during the archonds. Even the legislator of Solon did not cancel this unit, and in parallel with it, part of wanting to reduce the influence of ancient aristocratic genera, part to lead to a more equitable distribution of the applied burden between citizens, created a new division of citizens on grade 4 on their property. Only Clisphen canceled the ancientionic division of the knees and put in his place the division of the people by 10 Phil, of which each wearing the name of the ancient andothic hero (eponym). Each of these phil hugged a certain number of communities (demos) lying in different parts of the country. Commodably, every not very significant area was a special "Dima", the largest as the cities of Athens and Buron, disintended several dem. The number of demas was different at different times: - at the beginning of the Christian era there were 371. Thanks to the writers and inscriptions to us, the names reached about 180 dem, but the location of many is now impossible to install. The total number of citizens hesitated, judging by the censuses during the heyday of the state, to the Peloponnescent War, in the range of 80-100 thousand. The number of horses stood under the auspices reached 40,000, the number of slaves reached 400,000, so that the total amount of free and non-free population exceeded 500,000. Increasing the number of phil (10) two new things took place in 307 BC. e. From the desire to flatter Demetrius, the lattes were named after his name and the name of the Father of His Antigone - Antigonide and Demetriad. But the first was renamed 265 BC. e. In honor of the Egyptian king, Ptolemya II Philadelphus in Ptolomaida, the second in honor of Pergamm's king Attala I in Attalid. Finally, at the emperor Adriana, the 13th Phil was attached and named Adriaanide named this benefactor of the city of Athens.

Political device in antiquity

In politically, Attica was in antiquity the most centralized area of \u200b\u200bGreece. The main city was not only the location of the administration, but the court, equally and the people's assemblies, in the hands of which since democratic reforms started by Clisphen and the pericles prisoners, focused the supreme solution of all public affairs. The value that Attica is due to its main city Athens had in political and cultural life Ancient Greecemay be correctly appreciated only in connection with the presentation of the general history of Greece.

All about Attics: hotels, entertainment on the sea, rest on beaches and excursions. Copyright photos and videos, tourist reviews. Attic location on the map.

The attic region is geographically divided into two main parts: the capital of Greece with its suburbs and the rest of the attic. Athens is a cultural and intellectual center of antiquity, stands out for its six-year-old history. This is a city in which such concepts like democracy and freedom, a city, where thousands of scientists and philosophers "discovered their eyes" with their works and research "opened their eyes" to other peoples and is one of the cities that created Greek civilization. The name of the city occurred on behalf of the Goddess Athena (beloved daughter Zeus) - the goddess of wisdom and the defenders of the city.

Attica is washed by the waters of the Evieu Bay from the northeast, Petali from the East and Sardonic from the south. In essence, it is an area of \u200b\u200bmore than 3800 square kilometersconnecting the archipelago and Balkan Peninsula. Its neighbors - Peloponnese and Megarid in the West, Boeyti in the north. In the antiquity of Attica is called no other than coastal country"That completely displays its location on the shore of a total of three bays Aegean Sea.

Beaches Attiki

Local resorts please their guests with well-kept beaches and a huge number of all sorts of entertainment. Most tourists who want to fully enjoy their Greek summer, choose hotels in the Athenian Riviere as the place of their beach "Nontelnia". Great popularity russian tourists Enjoy the following resort settlements and city attics:

• LAGONISSI: Lemon shady groves, golden sand, solar aura, lifting, and pure sea water - what else needs people, thirsty for high-quality sunburn and pleasant memories. This resort is considered ideal for vacationers who come to Greece with the whole family. For them, Lagonistic has prepared cozy and inexpensive hotels, different options for fun, all sorts of entertainment on the water.
• Glyfada: But this resort of attices is already focused on tourists who prefer high-class European holidays in chic hotels. In Glyfade there are also extended golf courses, and many institutions opening their doors with night onset, and luxurious boutiques, and luxury-level chic restaurants. The infrastructure of the city is truly high-quality and very developed, so here, as a rule, "cream" of the European Society and sufficiently secured tourists who do not consider expenses on their holidays in Attica.
• Sunion: greek resortwhich is known primarily to fans of effective rejuvenating and healthy procedures. Local hospitals and hotel centers use the latest preparations from the sphere of cosmetology. They are created on the basis of colors and herbs collected in attic, algae and salts from the sea, unique minerals that can be found only in this part of Greece. Perhaps it is in Sunion that there are most opportunities to have a great deal to those who want to soak in the relaxing body of the jacuzzi and special pools with the programs of "aqueous elixirs".
• Loutraki: Also popular among fans of a healthy lifestyle Resort Attica, in whose territory there is a mass of waterproofs. They use a wide variety of thermal water - alkaline, containing chlorine in the required quantity, radon. The effect of warm baths and therapeutic procedures is complemented by magnificent landscapes of nature and soft throughout the year of the climate. Sincere equilibrium and shameless physical forces in Loutraki will be returned quickly!

sights

The local land is full of legends and ancient myths, they literally come to life before the delighted eyes of travelers. And it is completely simple during his travels around the local attractions to move mentally in those days when Greece ruled not mortal people, but almighty antique deities. We will tell you what to see in the Attics to see all the "most":

• The temple of Poseidon: a unique structure at Cape Sunion, in which the Greeks brought victims to the Grozny and non-permanent in their mood to the sea of \u200b\u200bthe sea, trying to drop it. The sanctuary is striking with its slender columns framing a massive temple building. Such a combination of subtlety and power personifies the Union of the Sea and the Earth.
• Daphny Monastery: For many tourists, this is the main attraction of attic, located about 11 kilometers from the city of Athens. The monastery is built on the site of the pagan sanctuary of Apollo Daphnia in the VI century. Currently, the Daphny Monastery has the status of a history monument and is visited daily by thousands of guests of Greece.
• Azhaina Island: a small piece of land in the middle of the sardonic bay with transparent crystal sea water and luxurious beaches. This island is known in the attic that more than 360 temples have been erected on it. Now, of course, there are no trace from many of them, but the existing historical buildings will satisfy the aesthetic and cultural demands of tourists who love old people. Also, there is a slightly mystical Paleochora, called "City-Ghost", in which no one lives in many decades.
• Temple Demetra (Museum): Located in Eleusin, admires tourists with its special aura. Tours will tell you all about the ancient rites and goals, with which they were held.
• Mount Immatos: Your traveler interest is not the mountain itself, but a monastery that attached it. It is hidden from curious eyes with forests with cypress trees, and a magical source is considered to be therapeutic. To relax in the attic and not to visit this mountain simple it is unrealistic.
• Island of Idra: hundreds of thousands of travelers literally fall in love with this island of attic, seeing his images on the pages of glossy publications, printed precisely for potential guests local resorts. Resting and relaxing here is not suiced, Idra has long been considered an elite place that Greek nouveauch has been chosen.

And, of course, it is necessary to pay enough time to inspect the main city of Attica - Athens with its super-modern trade centers, ancient structures, antique sculptures and other unusual unusualities.

Attica is one of historical regions Greece, possessing richest historyconfirmed by the set of archaeological finds and historical monuments. BUT geographical position The region makes it one of the most attractive towards tourism and recreation.

Geographical position

Attica attracts not only by its history and natural attractions. This is the land on which ancient legends and myths still live. The territory where the attic is located in the southeastern part of Greece and is washed from three sides by the waters of the Aegean Bays: Sironikos from the south, Petalia - from the east, Nootios Evvoikos from the North-East. In the north, it borders with one of the regions of Central Greece - Besotia, and in the West - with Peloponess. The Attica also includes the islands of the Saronic Gulf. Mostly mountainous, especially in the north, gradually decreases to the south. Mountains Kieferon and a parnet, which are a natural border with Central Greece, are stretched throughout the region. They are a stony mountain ridge, only in a higher part covered with a coniferous forest. The largest of the counters of the Parnet are Pentelikon and Gimett. The lower spots of the Kiferon, which goes to the south, are called Kerat, and the southeastern branch merges with the parnas with a height of more than 1,400 meters and forms a mountain area going to the sea. In the southern edge of this region, Mount Lavria is held, which ends with the most southern Point Peninsula - Cape Sunion.

Plains and rivers

Between the ridges are valleys with rocky soil. The largest plains in the attic three:

• Athenian plain is limited from the North of the Mountain Parnet, from the northeast - a chain of Pentelikon, and from the southeast - Gimett mountains;
• Triatic plain, the most even, extends to the north to Kieferon and the Party, and from the east, the parties are separated from the Athenian Valley;
• the valley between the gimett and the chain of the mountains in the East is the most hilly;
• the coast at the expense of apparent lands was formed wide plain stripes, of which the biggest - marathon plain, the other is near the mouth of the asop.

Attica is one of the most arid regions of the country. There are no full-water rivers that could be used for irrigation. The most significant of them:

• the largest river Attica - Kefis, which flows through the Athenian valley, it originates at the foot of the Pentelikon and flows in the south-west direction, but most of the water volume goes to the irrigation of dry plains;
• another orssus river follows from the foot of the gimetta, but will soon be lost in the sands.
• another stream of Enoe flows through the marathon plain.

The attacks of attics are raised by a variety of picturesque and comfortable bays for navigation, the consequence of the development of navalism. Currently, these cozy bays and bays due to the warm climate are a favorite place of recreation surfers and divers, and the coastline is filled with magnificent sandy beaches.

Climatic conditions

The mild subtropical climate of attices is characterized by a long dry summer and a short wet winter. The average summer air temperature is 26-28 degrees, however, in July and August, the temperature can reach 38 degrees. Due to the low humidity, the heat is tolerated quite easily. Bathing season continues from April to October. In winter, the air temperature ranges from five to ten degrees of heat, but there are few rains. Such moderate climate can be explained by the influence of air flows going Mediterranean Sea - Winter blowing and in the summer - cool winds from the northeast. There is no strong heat and winter colds of continental Europe.

Soil and natural wealth

Attica did not allow to grow grain here. Due to the stony soils and lack of moisture, the valleys were unlikely for agriculture, but still antique authors wrote that even though the bread is not growing on this earth, she contacters a greater number of people than if he has grown here. This will happen thanks to the abundance of a magnificent stone for the construction of temples and altars, as well as the presence of silver existing here in the will of the gods. And for the attic ships, it is an earth that has reliable marins where they can hide from bad weather.

Marble Attica

Mountains of attica consist of limestone and slate, as well as a magnificent marble, which began at once at the turn of 3-2 millennium BC. The ancient Greek temples, which were first built from limestone, began to erect from marble, which was mined on Pentelikon. From it, Parfenon was built. Penthelian marble is distinguished by its purest white color and fine-grainedness. He also wonderfully shines in sunlight, but turn yellow. In the construction of the Acropolis, a Pirass marble of dark tones was used. Another Eleusian marble of almost black color was mined in the Attika, a fine-grained gimett marble. This material was very highly appreciated and exported from Greece to the ancient Rome, where it was used in architecture and sculpture. In the reddish rocks of the Lavrion Mountains were silver rudders, and Gimett mountain chain There was a source of excellent honey.

Pottery and agriculture

The reddish clay of Attica was especially valued, she was good quality And it is convenient to work, so the pottery was well developed. Amphoras were made of clay - large pitchers with a narrow neck and handles in which they were stored and transported wine, olive oil. Clay used for the manufacture of tiles, pipes, barrels and many other business items.

Thanks to a soft winter, a dry fly and the abundance of the sun on the plains of attics, the vineyards were always well grew well, and vineyards were grown on the mountain slopes, so wine, olives, olive oil, figs were always the main products of agriculture and were exported. Attic wool in antiquity enjoyed great popularity, she is famous for now. Sheep, goats, as well as cattle are breeding in the mountains.

The origin of the inhabites of attic

Atticoors mostly belonged to the Ionian tribe - one of the four main Greek tribes, called named the legendary hero. Ionians along with Dorians are considered the main carriers national Culture Greece. The entire population of Attica was divided into four classes by a generic basis, which were called philas:

• heleonts are noble, they were called "brilliant";
• goplites were warriors;
• ergademi - farmers;
• agikikores were kalpas or just shepherds.

Socially, Fili consisted of large clans, each of which was divided into several dozen generic families. Families in a certain order united in phratria, that is, religious groups with their traditions and rites. Such an organization did not concern the conquered tribes and their descendants, although they could also freely engage in crafts, trade or agriculture and had their own associations, they were called the Methek.

Athens: geographical position

Geographically attic divided into two main parts - the capital of the region and the whole country - Athens with its suburbs and the rest of the territory. The capital is named by the name of the Goddess of Wisdom Athens, which, according to legend, gave the inhabitants an olive tree. According to another version, the name of the city comes from the word "Athos" - flower. Athens is located on attics and are surrounded by mountains from the West, the North and the East, and from the southwestern side it has access to Saronyikos Bay. Currently, the city has already taken all the plain, but his suburbs continue to expand.

Antique democracy

Athens are not only an administrative center of the country, in ancient times the city played a crucial role in cultural and economically. It is here as a result of a long and fierce struggle between the generic aristocracy and the demos, such a form of government was born as an antique democracy, which became a model of national board. This unique form of state system has developed in Athens in the 5th century BC. e. And although at the next time, Athens passed the difficult path of destructive wars, the power of many conquerors experienced, in their history there was this period of high citizenship and freedom - democracy.

Golden Age Athens

The ancient Athens arose as a fortified settlement on the top of the hill, and then turned into a city-state as a result of Sinaikism, which meant the association of attics around the Athenian Acropolis. This process took several centuries. According to the ancient myths, the association occurred thanks to the legendary son of King Egea - Teshe, who also introduced the division of the population of Athens on social sections:

• evapatris - childbirth to know;
• geomoras - farmers;
• demiurges - artisans.

The highest bloom Athenian state reached during the reign of the pericles - in the 5th century BC. e. This time got the name of the Golden Age of Athens. During this period, it was built and main church Athens - Parfenon, unique monument ancient architecture. The temple was built an ancient Greek Masters Kallicrat and Iktin, and beautiful sculpture compositions were made by the famous architect fid. The unusualness of the temple is that from one point of the facade it is visible from three sides, due to the fact that the columns are placed at an angle to each other. FIDI created both the famous statue of Athena from marble and gold. This sculpture is a masterpiece of ancient architecture.

Modernity

The political power of Athens ended with the beginning of the devastating wars with Sparta, and then with Macedonia. Further, the Athens fell under the authority of the Romans, after which the Turks came. For many centuries a fame of the city. Many monuments of history and architecture were destroyed. Only after the long struggle for independence in the 19th century, Athens again became the capital of Greece. Now it is a huge megalopolis with a population of more than five million people who again won the status of the cultural and political center of the country and with many historical monuments.

Piraeus

At the southern outskirts of Athens is the Piraeus - the largest port in Greece, as well as a large industrial center of the country and an important transport node. Back in the 5th century BC. E-annual product turnover was significant amounts. Due to the convenient presence of safe harvest, Piraeus became a transit point through which they passed different kinds goods. In the port there were ship shipyards, workshops, warehouses. Athens with his port was considered the most profitable city, as the merchants could get the merchants for the goods here, which was valued everywhere.

Attica sights

Currently, Attica is a popular tourist area with many historical and architectural attractions, as well as wonderful nature and magnificent beaches. The main symbols of attices are located in Athens. An invaluable monument of history is the architectural complex Acropolis, where the main temple of ancient Athens is located - Parfenon, the place of pilgrimage of a huge number of people. From historical sites in the vicinity of Athens, the Daphny Monastery is very popular. On a high cliff, the temple of Poseidon was built, from which the majestic ruins were now left. Fishermen, leaving the sea, brought a donation here - God Poseidon was for the Greeks the second in meaning, since their life was inextricably linked with the sea. In Eleusin there is one of the most important sanctuations ancient Attica - Temple of the goddess Demeter, who gave Grekam grain. Holidays were held in honor of her every year in the spring and autumn. The Ghost Phalaiokhora is located on the island of Aegina, empty a hundred years ago.

The nature of Attica is also amazing and beautiful. On Mount Imittos there is a wonderful healing source, awarded, by legend, God Hephaeste. The thermal, which is replenished by unique medical properties, is replenished by sources at its depth, and an extraordinary doctor can rejuvenate the skin, cleaning it from dead cells. The endless coastline is sleeping in many gorgeous beaches, recreation and occupation water species Sports.

A wonderful place to carry out a comfortable summer holiday is Attica - photos demonstrate delicious nature landscapes, and enthusiastic traveler reviews are evidence of the popularity of this region of Greece.

Today? The best resorts and archaeological monuments of attic.

The oldest period in the historical life of Attica, which became the main territory of one of the most powerful and blooming states - Greece, found only weak reflection in the sources. Archaeological studies of the Athens themselves and their surrounding areas found traces of ancient life, ascending to the Neolithic Epoch. The oldest of the III millennium detected here is dated iii millennium. e. Found in this burial near the raft bone of the vessels from the gray clay handmade is still very primitive.

The end of the fragmentation of Greece, according to legend, put the hero and Athenian Tsartysey, who united the population around Athens and established one general advice. "Since then, today, Fukidide writes, - Athenians are committed in honor of the goddess Athena, the nationwide festival of Sinakia (association).

When excavations, at the Athenian Acropolis, monuments were discovered in incomparably higher culture in the form of residues of the Palace of Mycenai type, and in a number of other places (Aharnes, Erchius, ceramics, etc.) - the burial of the same time with large number Diverse items, mainly ceramic products, including not local origin. All of these monuments dated already the end of the Bronze Age, give reason to think that in the territory of Attika there was one of the foci of the Mycean culture, modern to its other centers.

The subsequent, the post of sequence is characterized by the advent of the ceramics of the so-called protogeometric and geometric styles. Some of the ceramic finds of this time, such as the famous, who have fulfilled wide fame, Dipilon vases, reached our time in excellent safety.

Abundant finds of protogeometric and geometric ceramics were given and excavations in the North and North-West slopes of the Areopag. It is noteworthy that in cultural underlishes, characterized by this kind of ceramic finds, almost no imported things are found. This shows that the unlized relationships with other countries typical of all Greece characterizes and attic.

The ancient Athenians existed severe debt law, due to which the debtor responded to the lender not only by his property, but also the freedom of himself and members of his family. Insolvent debtors turned into slaves of their borrowers.

For the characteristics of the Iron Age, the Attica is interestingly opened in 1949 on the territory of Athens, the burial, apparently the artisan, in which about ten items made of iron, and a grinding stone were discovered.

Smokery (fictional trees) in the attic grew in a huge amount and gave such a lot of fruits that they even entered the proverb as something useless, what a lot of things would be born. A similar proverb existed in relation to OV, nesting around Acropolis.

Attica is an area limited to the south of the Aegean Sea. His whimsical configuration indicates the existence of a set of bays, bays and capes. The land here was processed from time immemorial. The goddess Athen itself argued for the possession of attic with powerful Poseidon and won this dispute, bringing Oliva to the gift. Attica is famous with deep antiquity by a soft, warm climate, there is a large number of antique monuments. It is proximity to the capital and led to the rapid development of this area almost at all times of Greek history.

Water-friendly water delivered, except for the Ima and Keff rivers, only the sources of the Panop and Calliro. Only Emperor Adrian (117-138) arranged a water supply for the eastern part of the city. The warder behind the wells was an important person who watched no one would take water without having the right to it.

Separately, I must say about the remarkably preserved monuments of the ancient architecture of attic. Perhaps the most famous of them is the Poseidon Temple, located on Cape Sunion. The temple consists of columns located at a distance of 70 meters. The big temple standing on the cape where the wind is walking, leaves unforgettable impression. It would be worthwhile to visit the ancient temple of Demetra in Eleusin, located 22 km from Athens, dedicated to the secret cult of the goddess Demeter and her charming Persephone daughter.

The main resorts of the Attic Riviera - Palio Faliro, Glyfada, Vulumagmena, Voura, Kavuri, Varkis, Lagonistic, Anvissos, Cape Sunion, Mati, Nea Macci. And, of course, Evia Island - with its chic resorts Yeretria, Amaryintos, Edipsos