The "Street of Tombs", in Kerameikos - named after Keramos, son of Dionysios and Ariadne. It's a branch of the "Sacred Way" and led to Piraeus with funerary monuments erected, in between 5 th- 4th century BC, by wealthy families. Within the site are the ancient walls of Athens and the Sacred Gate which was only used by pilgrims from Eleusus using the sacred road to and from that site during the annual procession.

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The "Street of Tombs", in Kerameikos named after Keramos, son of Dionysios and Ariadne, is a branch of the "Sacred Way" and led to Piraeus with funerary monuments erected, in between 5 th- 4th century BC, by wealthy families. Within the site are the ancient walls of Athens and the Sacred Gate which was only used by pilgrims from Eleusus using the sacred road to and from that site during the annual procession. Nearby is the Dipylon gate which was the main entrance to the city, where the Panathenaic procession began and it was from this spot that Pericles gave what was probably his most well-known speech honoring those who had died in the first year of the Peloponesian war.

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Location: Street of Tombs, Athens, Greece
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