Dekeleia
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Dekeleia ( Greek Δεκέλεια ( f. Sg. )) Is a district of the Greek city of Acharnes .
geography
In addition to its official modern Greek name, Dekeleia also bears the name Tatoi (Greek Τατόι).
history
Antiquity
Dekeleia was in ancient times a small town in the north of Attica , during the Peloponnesian War was crucial strategic importance, which is why the last phase of the war, dekeleisch called -ionischer war.
Dekeleia, on the northern border of Attica and Boeotia , was within sight of Athens. The Athenian Alkibiades fled during the expedition to Sicily in 415 BC. Because of the Hermen crime to Sparta . From then on he advised the Spartans in the war against his hometown. One of his pieces of advice was to occupy and fortify the small town of Dekeleia in Attica. In the first phase of the war, the annual Spartan raids in Attica were limited to the summer. The permanent presence of a Spartan armed force in Attica, at the gates of Athens, impaired supplies more severely. Most of the food and other goods had to be transported to the city by sea. Dekeleia also became a refuge for escaped slaves in Attica. The Spartans held Dekeleia until the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BC. Occupied.
Modern times
The Tatoi summer residence of the Greek royal family was located in the area of Dekleia . This is now open to the public along with the cemetery of the Greek royal family.
The Tatoi Airport was until the 1930s the Athens International Airport for airplanes and zeppelins. And then a military airfield . Today the Museum of the Greek Air Force is located there .
Infrastructure
Dekeleia has a train station on the Piraeus – Thessaloniki railway line .
The Olympic Village of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens is also located in the municipality .
Web links
- Jona Lendering: Decelea . In: Livius.org (English)
- Portrait of the current location on kathimerini.gr (Greek)
Coordinates: 38 ° 9 ′ 10 ″ N , 23 ° 47 ′ 39 ″ E