Chrisso, Phocis

Chrisso Χρισσό
Location
Chrisso
Coordinates	38°28′N 22°28′E / 38.467°N 22.467°E / 38.467; 22.467Coordinates: 38°28′N 22°28′E / 38.467°N 22.467°E / 38.467; 22.467
Government
Country:	Greece
Region:	Central Greece
Regional unit:	Phocis
Municipality:	Delphi
Municipal unit:	Delphi
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Village
- Population:	1,021
Other
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Postal:	330 54
Telephone:	22650
Auto:	AM

Chrisso (Greek: Χρισσό) is a village in Phocis, Greece. The modern village sits north of the ancient town of Crissa, a powerful city-state of ancient Greece which gave its name to the Crissaean plain and the Crissaen gulf, and lies upon the southwestern foothill of Mount Parnassus. Chrisso is adjacent to other important cities of the region, southwest of Delphi and Arachova, southeast of Amfissa and northeast of Itea and Galaxidi; it has access to GR-48, which passes around the village, and GR-27. Chrisso belongs to the municipality of Delphi, from which it is located 4 km away.

Nearest places

• Delphi, W
• Kirra (anc: Cirrha), S
• Itea, NE

Geography

The area aroung Chrisso has mainly groves with a few pasture lands around Chrisso. Much of the land are mountainous. The panorama includes the valley to the west which includes the Crisaean plain, mountains to the west, the south and the Parnassus to the north. Parts of the east northeastern part of the Peloponnese can rarely be seen.

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	1,076
1991	948
2001	1,021

History

The town is first mentioned in Homer's Catalog of Ships, as a Phoecean settlement that participated in Trojan War (ca. 12th-13th century B.C.). The rubble from the ancient wall of Krissa lies in the modern Stefani hill. The ancient city was devastated by Amphictiones in the war which lasted from around 600 BC and 590 BC. In the Crisaean fields, an ancient hippodrome is founded.

Other

Chrysso has a school, a lyceum, a church, and a square (plateia). Chryssa also has a campsite, website: [1].

Persons

• Strophilus of Crissa

References

External links

• Municipality of Delphi