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Megara
Sign in to saveMegara (; , ) is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of King Pandion II, of whom Nisos was the ruler of Megara. Megara was also a trade port, its people using their ships and wealth as a way to gain leverage on armies of neighboring poleis. Megara specialized in the exportation of wool and other animal products including livestock
Megara is a historic town in ancient Greece located on the Isthmus of Corinth, notable for having been one of the four major districts of Attica and an important trade port that exported wool and animal products. The town gained influence among neighboring city-states through its shipping and commercial wealth, and once controlled the island of Salamis before it was taken over by Athens.
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Place details
- Locality
- Μέγαρα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Αττικής
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 23,456
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Megara
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Μέγαρα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Megareon.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- West Attica
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 38033
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 330.1
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 30773
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 322.2
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 29122
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 4
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 191 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22960
- Greek Dimos.website
- www.megara.gr
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Megara2.jpg
- Greek Dimos.mayor
- Panagiotis Margetis
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Μέγαρα
- Population
- 13863
- Area
- 322.21
- Elevation
- 4
- Official website
- www.megara.gr
- Image
- Megara2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2296
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- Commons category
- Megara
- postal code
- 191 00
- native label
- Μέγαρα
- P12749
- cat's eye
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24 sectionsContents
- History
- Late Bronze
- Mycenaean period
- Iron Age
- Second Persian Invasion
- First Peloponnesian War
- Second Peloponnesian War
- Classical Age
- Democracy in Megara
- Geography
- Transport
- Road
- Rail
- Air
- Municipality
- Districts and suburbs
- Population
- Sports
- Notable people
- Facilities
- Popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- External links
Megara (; , ) is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. Megara was one of the four districts of Attica, embodied in the four mythic sons of King Pandion II, of whom Nisos was the ruler of Megara. Megara was also a trade port, its people using their ships and wealth as a way to gain leverage on armies of neighboring poleis. Megara specialized in the exportation of wool and other animal products including livestock such as horses. It possessed two harbors, Pagae to the west on the Corinthian Gulf, and Nisaea to the east on the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea. Greek painter Théodore Jacques Ralli created countless paintings featuring the village of Megara between 1873 and 1909.
==History== thumb|View of the archaeological site ===Late Bronze=== ====Mycenaean period==== In the Late Bronze Age, Megara features prominently as a small kingdom in the myths and legends of Homer. Megara emerged between two fortified ports, Nisaea on the Saronic Gulf and Pagae on the Gulf of Corinth, on two acropolises Karia and Alkathos. However, Megara at this point remains more mythical until it started expanding in Iron II.
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