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Historical region of Greece, including the city of Athens
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Attica is a region of Greece on the Aegean Sea, historically correspondent with the territory of Athens when it was a City-State in the times of Ancient Greece.
The Athens suburban rail network (Proastiakos Athens) covers a large part of the region.
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where most visitors enter the country and the centre of many major museums, archaeological sites, and other attractions, as well as the major national transportation hub.
Eleusina, also known as Elefsina or Eleusis is a suburban town in Attica, the historic region of Athens city-state, just northwest of Athens.
developed as a third ferry port and also offers some local attractions
the town after which the sporting event was named
an alternate port of Athens that services south Evia, some Cycladic islands and Crete
the southernmost point of Athens metropolitan area and Attica peninsula
a suburb in Athens, where Athens International Airport is located.
seat of the municipality of Troizinia-Methana.
a seaside area redeveloped for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
the chief port of Athens, part of its urban area, will figure in most visitors' itineraries as the major ferry port, though it also has an interesting museum and a few other attractions.
municipality which is part of Athens' urban area.
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