Ancient Harbor of Aegina
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Aegina's waterfront held two harbors side by side: a commercial port used since the Bronze Age and a walled military harbor with ship sheds for triremes, described by ancient visitors as the island's secret port. Combined installations once stretched along roughly 1,600 meters of coastline, testament to Aegina's centuries as a naval power. By Trajan's death the harbors still stood but carried a fraction of their old traffic, as the island's economy had shifted toward farming and small trades.
In ancient writing
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.29.6
Notes the principal harbor near the temple of Aphrodite and a second, hidden harbor near the theater used for warships.
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