Place:Soúnion, Attikis, Greece

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NameSoúnion
Alt namesKáto Soúnionsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003) "K$00ato So$00union." Accessed 08/23/02
Sounionsource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 854
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates37.65°N 24.033°E
Located inAttikis, Greece
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Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: Aκρωτήριο Σούνιο Akrotírio Soúnio ; Άkron Soúnion, latinized Sunium; Venetian: Capo Colonne "Cape of Columns") is the promontory at the southernmost tip of the Attic peninsula, south of the town of Lavrio (ancient Thoricus), and 69.5 km (43.1 miles) southeast of Athens. It is part of Lavreotiki municipality, East Attica, Greece.

Cape Sounion is noted for its Temple of Poseidon, one of the major monuments of the Golden Age of Athens. Its remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the Aegean sea.

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