On our way to Athens, on Monday afternoon, the Greek Partners of Comenius Programme, YoUtopia Towards Participative Citizenship, offered a tour to their foreign partners through Cape Souninon and the Temple of Poseidon to Alimos Beach in Piraeus. At Sounion, the ancient temple of Poseidon, God of Sea, stands imposingly at the edge of the Cape, overlooking the Aegean Sea. The coastline streches out in the serenity of the Saronicos Gulf in the Aegean Sea, with a marvellous view when the sun starts sinking in the horizon.

4. The Athenians began to
build the Doric temple in
the early 5th century BC.
The temple, however, was
not completed because it
was destroyed by the
Persians in 480 BC.
Greek and Turkish partners

5.  The Athenians
rebuilt a new
temple during the
Golden Century of
Pericles. The
construction of it is
dated between
the years 444-440,
when the city was
at its peak, and
entirely white
marble was used.
The Italian partners

8. The
monument of
the god of the
sea, is still
known to
mariners as
"Kavokolones"
and inspired
travelers,
writers and

11.  Such a place
could only have
been sacred and
Gods’ residence.
 According to
mythology Cape
Sounion was
associated with
the tragic death
of Aegeus, king of
Athens,
Polish students

13.  who the moment he
saw the black sails on
the Athenian ship that
was returning from
Crete thought that his
son Theseus was killed
by Minotaur, fell from
the cliff into the sea and
drowned.
Turkish partners

14. The Turkish
partners

15. Theseus having been drunk because he had killed
the Minotaur and the salvation of the seven new
and seven girls destined as prey for him,
he forgot to put the
white sails of the
ship, as a sign of
victory. Since then,
the sea was named
Aegean Sea.

16.  Excavations
provided
evidence of
inhabitation
of the region
since 2800
BC.
The Polish partners

18. From the number of artifacts, such as
swords, arrows, spears, male busts, replicas
of soldiers, horses and shields it can be
concluded that there was worship of
some male martial form that had to do
with the divine chthonic forces.

23. The breathtaking view of
the archipelago and the
breathtaking sunsets
make it undoubtedly a
unique monument.

24. Sounion Cape and the Aegian Sea at
day light