Piraeus is a port city within the Athens urban area, in the Attica region of Greece. It is located eight kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Athens' city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Athens Riviera.
Clockwise: Piraeus station, a statue of Poseidon, Mikrolimano and Piraeus Municipal Theatre
Funerary relief for a girl, flanked by her parents (330/320 BC); Archaeological Museum of Piraeus.
The Long Walls connecting the ancient city of Athens to its port of Piraeus.
Colossal statue of Hadrian of Piraeus.
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manchester and Duluth; these access the sea via rivers or canals. Because of their roles as ports of entry for immigrants as well as soldiers in wartime, many port cities have experienced dramatic multi-ethnic and multicultural changes throughout their histories.
The Port of New York and New Jersey grew from the original harbor at the convergence of the Hudson River and the East River at the Upper New York Bay.
An Evergreen ship loading at Container Terminal Altenwerder, port of Hamburg, Germany
Izola Marina, Slovenia
A ship pumping bilge water into a harbor
