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Extract from the Pires (Piraeus) Travel Guides:
PIRES
has been the port of Athens since Classical times. Today it is a substantial metropolis in its own right, containing much of Greater Athens' industry, as well as the various commercial activities associated with a port: banking, import-export, freight and so on. For most visitors, though, it is Pires's inter-island ferries that provide the reason for coming.
The port at Pires was founded at the beginning of the fifth century BC by
Themistocles
, who realized the potential of its three natural harbours. His work was consolidated by Pericles with the building of the "
Long Walls
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