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==History==
Ancient '''[[Lechaeum]]''' was one of the ports of [[Ancient Corinth]]. It was connected to Corinth by a pair of strong walls. In the 390 BC [[Battle of Lechaeum]], a [[Sparta]]n [[Mora (military unit)|mora]] (regiment) was defeated by the [[Athens|Athenians]] led by [[Iphicrates]] at Lechaeum.<ref>{{cite DGRG|volume=1|title=Corinthus|pages=674-686}}</ref>
The small airport was built by the Germans in the [[World War II]] to serve as a military air-base for the control of the south-eastern Mediterranean area. In tunnels under the airport, a large inventory of weapons and many barrels of oil were stored by the German army.
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