Aegina - Town Attractions Aiyína Khóra

The capital of the island of Aíyina bears the same name. Aíyina town, lies on the gentle slopes above a wide bay at the north end of the west coast, roughly on the site of the larger ancient city. From the harbor, protected by a breakwater, there are fine views of the little islands of Metópi and Ankístri to the south-west and Moní to the south and of the hills round Epidauros.

Aíyina was the capital of Greece from January 12th to October third 1828.

The Archeological Museum contains material recovered from the temples of Aphaia and Aphrodite and much else besides, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to Roman times.