- Perachora
Perachora, also Perahora or Perakhora (Greek: Περαχώρα) is an inland settlement in the
Loutraki-Perachoras municipality of theCorinthia prefecture in theperiphery ofPeloponnese inGreece . It is located about 7 km NW of the town ofLoutraki in a hilly environment surrounded by higher elevation of theGeraneia mountains. Officially it shares the seat of the municipality with Loutraki. Perachora's name is a transformation of the phrase "Peraia Hora" meaning in Greek "the land on the other side" ofIsthmus of Corinth , (the modernCorinth Canal ). The other side for Perachora is the (geographically opposite) ancient city ofCorinth . Perachora has a population of about 1,200 and it is built 300 metres above sea level. The village is built amphitheatrically on the surrounding hills having a panoramic view at theCorinthian Gulf in the SW and theLimni Vouliagmenis , a coastal settlement next to a blue lagoon in the West.The rocky cape Heraion with its stone
lighthouse together with the ancient temple ofHera Limenia the Heraion, is at the western approaches next to the Limni Vouliagmenis lagoon. The ancient city of Oinoi is today a small coastal settlement namedSchinos . In the lagoon area the epic movie "Lion of Sparta" aka "The 300 Spartans " was filmed in 1962.The area around the village has typically agricultural Mediterranean scenery with green-silver olive trees being the single most important crop. Extended pinetree forests exist in some of the surrounding mountains, sometimes reaching the coast. Notable local products include virgin olive oil and natural pinetrees
resin .Historical population
Other
Perachora has a school, a middle school (lyceum), a secondary (gymnasium) school, a church and a square ("
plateia ").External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=9311 GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Streethttp://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=38.12&longitude=23.05&zoom=6 Street map from Mapquest] , [http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?&lats1=38.12&lons1=23.95&alts1=35 MapPoint] , [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=38.12,20.95 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.12&lon=23.95&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellitehttp://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.12,23.95&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=38.12|23.95&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|38|1|48|N|22|58|0|E|region:GR
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