Kouvaras () is a village and a former community in East Attica, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Saronikos, of which it is a municipal unit.
Geography
Kouvaras is situated in the southeastern part of the
Attica peninsula. There are several low mountains around Kouvaras, including to its southwest and
Merenta to its north. It is 2 km north of
Keratea, 4 km southeast of
Kalyvia Thorikou and 27 km southeast of
Athens city centre. The Greek National Road 89 (Gerakas - Koropi - Lavrio - Sounio) passes southwest of the town. The municipal unit Kouvaras also includes the village Neos Kouvaras (pop. 566), 1 km to the southwest.
Historical population
Historical monuments
The church of St. George. A wall painting monument (1743) of
Georgios Markou the Argus, the great and prolific post-Byzantine ecclesiastic iconographer of the 18th century
(
".... San Giorgio (agiografia su gli anni 1743), che si trova al paesino di Cuvara, dell 'Attica...." Evangelos Andreou http://ketlib.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/ket/849
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