Day trips · West Attica
Eleusis (Elefsina)
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The sanctuary of Demeter west of Athens, whose Telesterion was the largest hall of its kind in Greece and the setting for the Eleusinian Mysteries, initiation rites built on the promise of a better fate after death. The site also holds temples of Triptolemos, Artemis and Poseidon and a Roman bridge over the Kephissos. Modern Elefsina is an industrial town with Greece's largest oil refinery; it held the European Capital of Culture title in 2023, deferred from 2021 because of the pandemic.
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