Piraeus is on display at the Archaeological Museum of Piraeus. Under Ottoman rule, especially before the beginning of the Greek War of Independence, Piraeus was mostly deserted, except for the monastery of Saint Spyridon (1590) and a customs house, and it was only used occasionally as a commercial port. Although there were numerous land owners, Athenians did not live in the area. There were at least two failed attempts to create a new town, the first in 1792 by bringing a population from Hydra and the second during the Greek War of Independence in 1825 by the installation of people from
Port of Piraeus the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund 23,14 % and other investors 25,86 % of Piraeus Port Authority. As of April 2016 the port ranks 39th globally in terms of container capacity. The container part of the port is made up of three terminals: The total capacity is hence now standing at 6,7m TEUs. The cargo terminal has a storage area of 180,000 m and an annual traffic capacity of 25,000,000 tonnes. The Port of Piraeus has two car terminals of approximately 190,000 m, storage capacity of 12,000 cars and a transshipment capacity of 670,000 units per year. In 2017 the