Vari () is a southern suburb of
Athens
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and former municipality in
East Attica,
Greece
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along the Athens coast. The ancient Athenian
deme
In Ancient Greece, a deme or (, plural: ''demoi'', δήμοι) was a suburb or a subdivision of Classical Athens, Athens and other city-states. Demes as simple subdivisions of land in the countryside existed in the 6th century BC and earlier, bu ...
of
Anagyrous was situated here.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality
Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 22.633 km
2.
Geography
It lies at the southwestern end of the
Mesogeia plain and the southeast shoulder of the
Hymettus mountain, near the
Saronic Gulf coast.
Greek National Road 91 connects Vari with Athens city centre and
Sounio. Vari's beach is located in an area called
Varkiza, a fishing village that joined the municipality of Vari, in 1997. This particular beach has won the
blue flag many years in the past, including 2009.
After 1 January 2011 Vari joined
Voula and
Vouliagmeni, according to Kallikratis regulations, in a joined municipality. Grigoris Konstantellos is the incumbent mayor, elected for a second term at May 26, 2019, for the unified municipality of Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni.
Archaeology
A 2,000-year-old marble engraving found near Vari might indicate an Archaic temple on the
Acropolis of Athens
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. It is possible that sheep and goat herders carved the engraving in the 6th century BC. It depicts a temple facade with at least five columns and includes an inscription in
Old Attic alphabet referring to the "Hekatompedon" by someone named Mikon. The term ''ἑκατόμπεδος'', meaning "of a hundred feet", has been used in sacred contexts, and the Acropolis is the most likely location due to its association with the term. The engraving could refer to the Bluebeard Temple or the Gigantomachy Temple, both on the Acropolis.
Historical population
See also
*
List of municipalities of Attica
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control
Populated places in East Attica
Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni