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There are two tumuli at Marathon, Greece. One is a burial mound (Greek τύμβος, tymbos, tomb), or "Soros" that houses the ashes of 192 Athenians who fell during the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC. The other houses the inhumed bodies of the Plataeans who fell during that same battle. The burial mound dominates the plain of Marathon, where the eponymous battle took place, along with the tumulus of the Plataeans, and a victory column erected by the Athenians to commemorate their victory over Darius' Persian expedition. The tumulus is encompassed in a park today.
Nearby
Places within walking or a short drive, best first.
- Tower of Marathon BCastle650 m away
- Tower of Marathon MonumentCastle3.2 km away
- Marathon Archaeological AreaArchaeological site0 m away
- Archaeological Site at Plasi of MarathonArchaeological site1.5 km away
- Tsepi Early Helladic cemeteryArchaeological site1.6 km away
- MprexizaArchaeological site1.6 km away
- Mycenaean Tholos Tomb of Arnos at MarathonArchaeological site2.1 km away
- Mouseio MarathonosMuseum2.8 km away
- Folklore Museum of Nea MakriMuseum3.4 km away
- Marathon Run MuseumMuseum4.4 km away
- Frourio MarathonomachonRuins2.1 km away
- Polemika Orygmata 2 P.P.Ruins3.3 km away