Marathon

Marathon lies on the Marathon Plain in Attica, Greece, where lowland fields meet the Aegean coast at Marathon Bay. The town’s name is inseparable from the Battle of Marathon, fought here in 490 BCE, when Athenian forces defeated a Persian army. The Soros, a burial mound traditionally associated with the Athenian dead, remains a focal point of the battlefield area. Northeast of Athens, Marathon also gives its name to the modern marathon race, commemorating the legendary run from the battlefield to the city. Nearby Schinias has coastal wetlands and a pine forest beside the bay. Browse other webcams across Attica to place this historic coastal plain in a wider geographic context.

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