Faliro is a seaside suburb 8 km southwest of downtown Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

. There are two communities sharing the name: Palaio

Palaio Faliro

Palaio Faliro is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The area is famous for its beaches , forming Athens' nearest beach and Piraeus' only beach...

 (Old) and Neo (New) Faliro. Palaio Faliro

Palaio Faliro

Palaio Faliro is a suburb in the southern part of Athens, Greece. The area is famous for its beaches , forming Athens' nearest beach and Piraeus' only beach...

 is a municipality, whereas Neo Faliro is part of the town of Piraeus

Piraeus

Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....

. Although the two communities mark the northwestern and southestern ends of the namesake Bay, they are not contiguous.

The sandy bay in the southwest, named Phaleron Bay

Phaleron Bay

Faliron Bay, is a bay almost 8 km directly SW of Athens overlooking Andreas Syngrou Avenue...

, is lined near Poseidonos Avenue

Poseidonos Avenue

Poseidonos Avenue is a coastal road in Piraeus, Greece , that runs from Faliron to Glyfada, and beyond. Several Greek films were shot on the road, particularly between the 1950s and the 1980s, along with television shows since the 1980s. The road turns into GR-91 after Glyfada, a dangerous road...

. It was the major port of Athens before Themistocles

Themistocles

Themistocles ; c. 524–459 BC, was an Athenian politician and a general. He was one of a new breed of politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy, along with his great rival Aristides...

 had the three rocky natural harbours by the promontory of Piraeus

Piraeus

Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....

 developed as alternative, starting from 491 BC

491 BC

Year 491 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augurinus and Atratinus...

.

Olympic venues

Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex

The Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Sports Complex is a complex in the coastal zone of Athens, Greece. It consists of two indoor arenas and a beach volleyball stadium, and it hosted Handball, Taekwondo, and volleyball events at the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 for the 2004 Summer Olympic

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 Games are located near the Saronic

Saronic Gulf

The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth. It is the eastern terminus of the Corinth Canal, which cuts across the isthmus.-Geography:The gulf includes the islands of; Aegina, Salamis, and Poros along with...

 shoreline.

Diogenes Laertius

Diogenes Laertius

Diogenes Laertius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is one of the principal surviving sources for the history of Greek philosophy.-Life:Nothing is definitively known about his life...

 says that Musaeus died in Phalerum.

Births

• Demetrius of Phalerum
• Gina Bachauer
  Gina Bachauer
  Gina Bachauer , was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe....
  
  , Greek classical pianist
• Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and film producer

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