Tower of Kirra
Tower of Kirra is a castle in Delphi, Phocis, Central Greece. Tower of Kirra is situated nearby to the ruins Παράκτιος μεσσαιωνικός πύργος, as well as near the church Άγιος Νικόλαος Κίρρας.Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval fortification in Delfi Municipality, Greece
- Also known as: “Tower of Kirras” and “Καστέλι του Μοριά”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cirrha.
Cirrha
Archaeological site
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cirrha or Kirra was a town in ancient Phocis on the coast, which served as the harbour of Delphi. Pausanias erroneously supposes that Cirrha was a later name of the Homeric Crissa. Cirrha is situated 160 metres northeast of Tower of Kirra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirra and Itea.
Kirra
Village
Photo: Schuppi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirra is a village in Phocis, Central Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Itea, to which it is adjacent. Kirra is the point where the Pleistos river meets the Gulf of Iteas, a bay of the Gulf of Corinth.
Itea
Photo: Photoshop Photomerge, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Itea is a seaside town in the Phocis region of West Central Greece. It is the old port-town of the nearby temple in Delphi. There is a lot of Bauxite mining in the area and this remains the primary source of economic activity for the city.
Chrisso
Village
Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chrisso 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 Crissaean Gulf and lies in the southwestern foothills of Mount Parnassus. Chrisso is situated 6 km northeast of Tower of Kirra.
Tower of Kirra
- Categories: fortification, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Delphi, Phocis, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.42859° or 38° 25′ 43″ northLongitude
22.44416° or 22° 26′ 39″ eastOpen location code
8GC4CCHV+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 8913532603OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q112623784
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Turkish—“Tower of Kirra” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Πύργος Κίρρας”
- Turkish: “Kirras Kulesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Παράκτιος μεσσαιωνικός πύργος and Άγιος Νικόλαος Κίρρας.
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