PERAMA The history of our city

LOCATION  Perama is a suburb of Piraeus.  It is situated in the southwest of Athens, the capital city of Greece.  It is about 15 kilometres far from Athens.

LOCATION

DISTANCE TO ATHENS

HISTORY  Its history goes back to the ancient times when a famous battleship took place here in 480B.C between Greeks and Persians.  “ Xerxes’s throne”, the place where the powerful leader of the Persian Navy was sitting and watching the battleship, is still there at the top of Mount Egaleo.

BATTLESHIP OF SALAMIS

HISTORY  Modern Perama started being built in the 1920s when lots of refugees came here to start a new life after the hardship they had suffered, and also immigrants from other parts of Greece especially islands.  The first shipyards were built in 1928 so there was enough work for them.  Perama became more and more populated so nowadays more than twenty five thousand people live here.

POPULATION

HISTORY  In the past, until the 70’s lots of people preferred to visit Perama for the excellent seaside tavernas with live music and entertainment until the morning hours. This fact gave a more popular profile of the place.  This was also a good reason for famous directors to choose Perama as the scenery of their films. The couple you are watching are famous actors.

PERAMA IN CINEMA

THE TRAM  Another “symbol “ of Perama was the tram which connected our city with Piraeus..The last route was made lots of years ago … but we hope this line will be in use again…

THE TRAM

CITY OF SHIPBUILDING  The city of ship builders and sailors is closely connected with the “art of shipbuilding”.  The shipyard zone was full of life and work during the previous decades. Unfortunately nowadays very few are still offering people work.

CITY OF SHIPBUILDING

SHIPBUILDING ZONE

CONNECTION WITH SALAMIS  Perama is the “passage “ to Salamis. Large ferry boats take the people to this island every fifteen minutes.

CONNECTION WITH SALAMIS

FERRY BOATS TO SALAMIS

PERAMA TODAY  Our city still remains picturesque with some elements of the old neighbourhood. We can say it’s a modern city with the problems all modern cities have.  But it is still inhabited by hospitable, hardworking, people who know how to fight for their daily lives and appreciate our fellow man and our homeland.

PERAMA TODAY

SHIPBUILDING ZONE TODAY

FERRYBOATS TODAY

FOOTBALL FIELD

OPEN THEATRE “MIKIS THEODORAKIS”

“PUBLIC STADIUM- PRONIA”

CHURCH OF PROPHET HELIAS

SUNSET IN PERAMA