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Modern Description: Nisaia was the port of Megara, now silted up, lying between the hill of Ag. Giorgios (E.) and the W hill, with a medieval castle, which was once the island of Minoa just offshore. Nisaia was linked to Megara by long walls; it was regularly fought over by Athens and Megara. The hill of Ag. Giorgios is reachable by a passable dirt road from E of Pachi. The locked chapel sits atop a large circular platform, possibly an ancient altar/sanctuary, that would have been a useful beacon for sailors. The classical fortifications extend from just W of the chapel, following the ridge E, of good rubble construction and square towers. They are easily followed for several hundred meters, turning N, where a closed interior fort can be found. The N wall has disappeared. Note that the hill overlooks a military airfield, the reason Google Earth is pixillated out on this spot. Do NOT point your camera at the helicopters below.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisaea
Wikidata ID: Q2537089
Trismegistos Geo: 60769
Manto: 10151521

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