HISTORY
The
first inhabitants were Fenicians from Salamis. For the Micenic Age there are
rests of one Acropolis and port. In 612 B.C. The Athenians Army guided by
Solon conquered the island. The Athenians built the Acropolis of Bondoron
in front of Megara. And following the Pausanias' description we can know that
Salamis had Agora, the ruins of the temple of Aiakos and the related mysteries,
and some others Sanctuaries of Asclepius, Dionysus and Artemis. Salamis was
also the birthplace of the famous tragic poet Euripides, but is famous for
the battle of its own name.
On September 480 B.C. Athens was almost
surrendered by the Persian Xerxes. At that moment all the Athenian fleet,
380 triremes, were concentrated on the edge of Salamis. Once the Persians
conquered Athens they gathered his fleet of 400 ships in Falero, close to
Piraeus, and Xerxes himself was sitting in the Aigaleon Mount to follow the
battle. The Persian ships were forming a line but the lack of space avoid
the possibility of being all parallel to the Attic edge, while the Athenians
ships were all close to the island's edge. In that conditions the Greek could
manage against the Persians. Few months later, the Greeks again defeated them
in Platea and at the next year the Persian danger had disappeared.
COMMUNICATION
The old strait where the battle was
fought is crossed by the ferries linking Perama and Paloukia.
SIGHTS
For the art lovers they can find rest
of the Byzantine era in the convent of the Virgin Faneromeni and the remarkable
frescoes in its church.
BEACHES
As far as
swimming is concerned, the best beaches of Salamis are Resti, Iliakti,
Aianteio, Perani, Kiriza, Maroudi, Peristeria, Kolones, Satirli, Piriakoni,
Kanakiani.
