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| + | [[Headlands and bays|Cape]] '''Sounion''' ([[Modern Greek language|Modern Greek]]: Aκρωτήριο Σούνιο, [[Romanization of Greek|transliterated]] ''Akrotírio Soúnio'', pronounced {{IPA-el|akroˈtirʝo ˈsuɲo|}}; {{lang-grc|Ἄκρον Σούνιον}}, ''Άkron Soúnion''; [[Venetian language|Venetian]]: ''Capo Colonne'', "Cape of Columns") is a [[promontory]] located {{convert|69|km}} south-southeast of [[Athens]], at the southernmost tip of the [[Attica]] [[peninsula]] in [[Greece]]. | ||
| - | Later, French soldiers carved their names on monuments during the Napoleonic [[French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1798|campaign of Egypt]] in the 1790s. [[Lord Byron]]'s survives on one of the columns of the Temple of [[Poseidon]] at [[Cape Sounion]] in [[Attica]], Greece. | + | Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient [[Greek temple]] of [[Poseidon]], the god of the sea in [[classical mythology]]. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet [[Lord Byron]] (1788–1823). |
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| + | The site is a popular day-excursion for tourists from Athens, with the [[sunset]] over the [[Aegean Sea]], as viewed from the ruins, a sought-after sight. | ||
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Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: Aκρωτήριο Σούνιο, transliterated Akrotírio Soúnio, pronounced Template:IPA-el; Template:Lang-grc, Άkron Soúnion; Venetian: Capo Colonne, "Cape of Columns") is a promontory located Template:Convert south-southeast of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece.
Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788–1823).
The site is a popular day-excursion for tourists from Athens, with the sunset over the Aegean Sea, as viewed from the ruins, a sought-after sight.
