After visiting Hoisias Loukas Monastery on our last full day in Greece, we drove about three hours, past Athens to Sounion where we stayed in an Aegean front hotel, overlooking a pretty cove with several sailboats and an island nearby. We also had a view of Poseidon’s Temple from our balcony. “Poseidon’s Temple was erected in 444-440 BC, to honor Poseidon, god of the sea. The time was during the ascendancy of the Athenian statesman Pericles, who also rebuilt the Parthenon in Athens. Poseidon’s Temple is perched 200’ above the sea. In 413 BC, during the Peloponnesian War against the Spartans, the Athenians fortified the site with a wall and towers to prevent it from falling into Spartan hands, which would have threatened Athens’ seaborne grain supply route.”
We went to Poseidon’s Temple just before sunset and walked all around the site. It was a beautiful setting and a perfect end to our six weeks in Europe and last night in Greece on this trip.
We went to Poseidon’s Temple just before sunset and walked all around the site. It was a beautiful setting and a perfect end to our six weeks in Europe and last night in Greece on this trip.
