Parnassus

Mount Parnassus is a mountain range of that is, and historically has been, especially valuable to the Greek nation and the earlier Greek city-states for many reasons.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,457 metres
  • Description: mountain in Phthiotis Regional Unit, Greece
  • Also known as: Liákoura”, “Likeri”, “Mount Parnassus”, “Parnasisós”, “Parnasos”, “Parnass”, and “Parnassos

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parnassos Ski resort.

Parnassos Ski Centre is an alpine ski centre in , located at Mount Parnassus near . It has two main areas, Kelaria and Fterrolakas, and consists of 19 ski runs with a total length of 36 km, the longest at 4 km.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tithorea and Arachova.

Village
Photo: Glinard, CC0.
, is an ancient place with more than 4,000 years of human history. A part of the municipality of , in , Greece, it had a population of 561 in 2021, and is situated 156 km from Athens.

Village
is a mountain town and a former municipality in the western part of . Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit, part of the municipality .

Village
is a village and a former municipality in , . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 10 km east of Parnassus.

Parnassus

Latitude
38.53489° or 38° 32′ 6″ north
Longitude
22.62222° or 22° 37′ 20″ east
Elevation
2,457 metres (8,061 feet)
Open location code
8GC4GJMC+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26863541
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
255730
Wiki­data ID
Q105261
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Parnassus” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Berg Parnassos
  • Afrikaans: Parnassos
  • Arabic: جبل بارناسوس
  • Armenian: Պառնաս
  • Asturian: Monte Parnasu
  • Bashkir: Парнас
  • Basque: Parnaso
  • Belarusian: Парнас
  • Breton: Menez Parnassos
  • Bulgarian: Парнас
  • Catalan: Mont Parnàs
  • Catalan: Parnàs
  • Cebuano: Parnassus
  • Chinese: 帕納索斯山
  • Chinese: 帕纳索斯山
  • Chinese: 帕那索斯山
  • Chuvash: Парнас
  • Croatian: Parnas
  • Czech: Parnas
  • Danish: Parnassos
  • Dutch: Parnassos
  • Dutch: Parnassus
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل بارناسوس
  • Esperanto: Parnaso
  • Estonian: Parnassos
  • Finnish: Parnassos
  • Finnish: Parnassós
  • Finnish: Parnassus
  • French: mont Parnasse
  • French: Mont Parnasse
  • French: Parnasse
  • Galician: Monte Parnaso
  • Galician: Parnaso
  • Georgian: პარნასი
  • German: Liakura
  • German: Parnasos
  • German: Parnass
  • German: Parnaß
  • Greek: Λιάκουρα
  • Greek: Παρνασσός όρος
  • Greek: Παρνασσός
  • Hebrew: הר פרנסוס
  • Hungarian: Parnasszosz
  • Italian: Monte Parnaso
  • Italian: Monte Parnasso
  • Italian: Parnaso
  • Italian: Parnasso
  • Japanese: パルナッソス
  • Japanese: パルナッソス山
  • Kashubian: Parnas
  • Kirghiz: Парнас
  • Korean: 파르나소스
  • Korean: 파르나소스산
  • Ladin: Mont Parnassus
  • Latin: Parnassus
  • Latin: Parnasus
  • Limburgan: Parnas
  • Limburgan: Parnassus
  • Lithuanian: Parnasas
  • Low German: Parnass
  • Malagasy: Tendrombohitra Parnasy
  • Malayalam: പർനാസ്സസ് പർവ്വതം
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Parnassos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Parnassus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Parnassos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Parnassós
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Parnassus
  • Norwegian: Parnassos
  • Occitan (post 1500): Parnàs
  • Persian: کوه پارناسوس
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Parnassos
  • Polish: Park Narodowy Parnasu
  • Polish: Parnas
  • Portuguese: Monte Fócida
  • Portuguese: Monte Parnaso
  • Portuguese: Monte Parnasso
  • Romanian: Muntele Parnas
  • Russian: Парнас
  • Serbian: Parnas
  • Serbo-Croatian: Parnas
  • Slovak: Parnas
  • Slovenian: Parnas
  • Spanish: El Parnaso
  • Spanish: Monte Parnaso
  • Spanish: Parnaso
  • Swahili: Parnassus
  • Swedish: Parnassen
  • Swedish: Parnassos
  • Swedish: Parnassus
  • Turkish: Parnassos Dağı
  • Ukrainian: Парнас
  • Venetian: Parnaso
  • Vietnamese: Núi Parnassus
  • Waray (Philippines): Bukid Parnassus
  • Western Armenian: Պառնասոս
  • Western Armenian: Փարնասոս
  • Wu Chinese: 帕纳索斯山
  • Yue Chinese: 帕那索斯山

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