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A travel blog entry by mooreblond04

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... of Poseidon. This temple is from the 400s BC for Poseidon who is the god of the sea. It was built on the coast in Sounion, Greece. Lord Byron, an English poet of the 1800s, visited Greece and left his mark on this temple. On one of the columns he ...

Sunset at Cape Sounion

A travel blog entry by katielee

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Tonight we drove down to Cape Sounion, to watch the sunset at about 7:40. Sounion is on the southern most part of the mainland of Greece and took about 50 minutes to get there by bus. There was an old temple there on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ...

Souvenirs day and Cape Sounion

A travel blog entry by songwillie

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... to join a Cape Sounion trip. It was just a short trip, and it took us through some scenic route, and finally to the Cape Sounion, looking at the Aegean Sea. There is actually quite a lot of pillar left on Cape Sounion, but you can probably see there is ...

Sounion

A travel blog entry by sojourner

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Photos of Poseidon's temple at Cape Sounion at the tip of Attica. The temple was built under the Periklean building ...

Sounion-Athens

A travel blog entry by harrisg

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... feared by sailors. In this age, storms at sea frequently resulted in shipwrecks and death by drowning. The Temple at Sounion was a place where sailors, cities and even states, could propitiate Poseidon, by making sacrifices and leaving gifts. The columns ...

Cape Sounion

A travel blog entry by vagabond07

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We went to Cape Sounion today. it is the southern most point of the mainland so it was used as a look-out point by the Greeks. It is also the location of the remainder of Poseidon's temple. He was the god of the Sea, and brother of Zeus. ...

Athens-Temple of Poseidon

A travel blog entry by nicolewang

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CAPE SOUNION, ATHENS

A travel blog entry by odells

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... return bus ticket.for the approximate 1.5 hr journey. The trip along the coast was impressive, long windy coastal road. Cape Sounion was impressive. There is a cafe at the base and after paying an entrance fee you can walk up to the temple ...

Sunset at Sounion

A travel blog entry by ahill923

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We went to see the sunset at Sounion this evening. It is the southern most tip of mainland Greece. We watched the sunset from the temple of Poseidon. This temple was built in the late BC's to honor the god of water. There are 15 columns that are still ...

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Sunset at Sounion