Central Greece
Phocis
Delphi

Chrisso

Chrisso is a village in Phocis, . 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 Crissaean Gulf and lies in the southwestern foothills of .
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  • Type: Village with 1,020 residents
  • Description: village in Phokida, Greece
  • Also known as: “Chrisso, Phocis”, “Chryso”, “Hrisso”, “Khrisón”, and “Krisso”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Delphi and Delphic Sibyl.

Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The archaeological site of is a UNESCO World Heritage site near the modern village of the same name in , on the southwestern slope of Mount Parnassus, which is part of a mountain range north of the gulf of Corinth.

Historic site
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Pythia was the title of the high priestess of the at in central . She served as its oracle and was known as the Oracle of Delphi. is situated 3 km east of Chrisso.

Museum
Photo: Tetraktys, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Delphi Archaeological museum is one of the principal museums of and one of the most visited. It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic period to the early Byzantine era. is situated 2½ km east of Chrisso.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirra and Itea.

Village
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is a village in Phocis, . It is part of the municipal unit of , to which it is adjacent. is the point where the Pleistos river meets the Gulf of Iteas, a bay of the . is situated 5 km south of Chrisso.

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is a seaside town in the Phocis region of . It is the old port-town of the nearby temple in . There is a lot of Bauxite mining in the area and this remains the primary source of economic activity for the city.

Village
is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of Phocis, . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality , of which it is a municipal unit. is situated 8 km southeast of Chrisso.

Chrisso

Latitude
38.4744° or 38° 28′ 28″ north
Longitude
22.4693° or 22° 28′ 10″ east
Population
1,020
Elevation
195 metres (640 feet)
Open location code
8GC4FFF9+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 286620317
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
259862
Wiki­data ID
Q1021595
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Chrisso” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريسو، فوكيس”
  • Arabic: “كريسو”
  • Catalan: “Chrisso”
  • Catalan: “Khrisso”
  • Dutch: “Chrisso”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تشريسو”
  • Finnish: “Chrissó”
  • French: “Chrisso”
  • French: “Chrissó”
  • German: “Chrisso”
  • German: “Krisa”
  • German: “Krissa”
  • Greek: “Chrissó”
  • Greek: “Chrissón”
  • Greek: “Χρισσό Φωκίδας”
  • Greek: “Χρισσό Φωκίδος”
  • Greek: “Χρισσό”
  • Greek: “Χρισσόν”
  • Greek: “Χρυσό”
  • Japanese: “クリュソ”
  • Latin: “Crisa”
  • Russian: “Хрисон”
  • Spanish: “Chrisso”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chrisso”. Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.