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Elefsina (Greek: Ελευσίνα, Ancient/Katharevousa: Eleusis) is a town and municipality about 30 km NW of Athens. It is located near the northernmost end of the Saronic Gulf and is the seat of administration of West Attica Prefecture. It is best known for having been the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries, the most famous religious center of ancient Greece. It was also the birth place of Aeschylus, one of the three great tragedians of antiquity. See also Metanira. Today, the city has become a suburb of Athens, and is linked by the freeway, the Athens metro freeway (Attiki Odos), and Athens metro (transit). A toll post named after the community is on the westbound lanes of GR-8A. A hill is near between the tolls and the refinery North of Eleusis is Mandra and Magoula, and northeast is the Thriasian plain containing Aspropyrgos is founded. It lies northeast of the Gulf of Eleusina. Elefsina is the town where the majority of crude oil in Greece is imported and refined. The refinery nearest... full article at wikipedia

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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by pipeline Apr 25, 2008

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