Laurium

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Laurium or Laurion (???????, Thoricum before early 1000s BC, Ergastiri throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s, Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of Lavreotiki, famous in Classical antiquity for the silver mines which were one of the chief sources of revenue of the Athenian state, and were employed for coinage. In modern times, the town is also known as Lavrio or Lavrion. It is a sea port of much less importance than nearby Piraeus. Today it is a suburb of Athens.

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Latitude: 37?42?N; Longitude: 024?04?E. The Time Zone is Greenwich Mean Time + 2 hours.

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It is located about 60 km SE of Athens, SE of Keratea, S of Porto Rafti and Nea Makri and N of Cape Sounio.

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Laurium is situated on a bay overlooking the island of Makronisos (ancient times: Helena) in the east. The port is in the middle and gridded streets cover the residential area of Lavrio. GR-91 runs through Lavrio and ends south in Sounio.

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1000s BC: Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC...

Attica: :This article is about Attica in Greece. For other Atticas, see Attica (disambiguation)....

Lavreotiki: Lavreotiki or Lavriotiki is a municipality at the southeasternnmost tip of the Attica peninsula in the Greek prefecture of East Attica. It has a land area of 35.484 km² and a 2001 census population of 10,612 inhabitants. Its municipal seat is the town of Laurium (Greek name Lávrio, pop. 8,558)....