Aigaleo or Egaleo ( el, Αιγάλεω), and known in
antiquity as Poikilon Oros (Ποικίλον Όρος), is a mountain in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
,
Attica
Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean S ...
,
Greece
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. It lies west of
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
plain, southeast of
Eleusis, and east of the island of
Salamis. Most of the mountain is rocky (limestone). It is lower than
Hymettus
Hymettus (), also Hymettos (; el, Υμηττός, translit=Ymittós, pronounced ), is a mountain range in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as ''Trellós'' (crazy) or ''Trellóvouno'' (crazy mountain) ...
. Most of the forest is to its north where the
Daphni Monastery is located. There is also a park in its northern reaches.
With its good view of the
Straits of Salamis, Mount Egaleo was the site of
Xerxes' throne from which he observed the
Battle of Salamis.
Battle of Salamis
Salamina official website
Towns and places that surround the mountain include Perama, Drapetsona, Nikaia
Nicaea, also known as Nicea or Nikaia (; ; grc-gre, Νίκαια, ) was an ancient Greek city in Bithynia, where located in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and se ...
, Korydallos, the highway
A highway is a long road giving a relatively fast connection between two places.
Highway may also refer to:
Roads in England
* The Highway (London) (previously Ratcliff Highway), a road in the East End of London
* The Highway, a road in Br ...
, and Chaidari
HaidariFor the spelling, see thmunicipal website ( el, Χαϊδάρι, ''Khaidari'') is a suburb in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, west of central Athens.
Geography
The municipality has an area of 22.655 km2. The geography of ...
. The Athens Metro
The Athens Metro ( el, Μετρό Αθήνας, Metro Athinas, translit-std=iso) is a rapid-transit system in Greece which serves the Athens urban area and parts of East Attica. Line 1 opened as a conventional steam railway in 1869 and electrif ...
connects the area after reducing Iera Odos (Sacred Way) into two lanes in 2002–2003.
A highway linking GR-8 and Keratsini runs through this mountain range. The refineries of Skaramangas
Skaramagas (also spelled Skaramangas; el, Σκαραμαγκάς) is a port town in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Haidari. It is known for its large shipyard. It took its name by the Chio ...
are in the north. The new bypass on the northwestern part of the range is part of the Attiki Odos
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superhighway system, the Aigaleo Ring (Number 65) which was opened on January, 2004 along with the rest of the superhighway northwest of the range. The ring presently does not have full access with Athinon Avenue and GR-8 yet, but includes two interchanges.
References
Mountains of Attica
Mountains of Greece
Battle of Salamis
Landforms of Piraeus (regional unit)
Landforms of West Athens (regional unit)
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