Lávrion

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Lávrion

(läv`rēŏn) or

Laurium

(lôr`ēəm), town (1991 pop. 8,846), E central Greece, in Attica; a port on the Aegean Sea. It is a mining, smelting, and shipping center for lead, manganese, and cadmium ores. Silver was mined there from the 6th to the 2d cent. B.C. and was one of the chief sources of Athenian revenue in the 5th cent. B.C. The present town of Lávrion, formerly called Ergasteria, was founded in the 19th cent., when mining was resumed in the area.
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Communication Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis yesterday announced the plan to reopen the passenger route from Limassol to Lavrion after a meeting with Greek Ministers at the Posidonia 2010 Maritime exhibition in Athens on Tuesday.
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avrion, June 7 (ONA) The vessel "Shabab Oman," of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) left Lavrion city in the Republic of Greece after obtaining the best prize awarded in the Historical Seas Tall Ships Regatta, which is an international friendship trophy in which the vessel took part in its three stages during May 8th to June 7th.
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