THE CHRISSO FOKIDAS
Chrisso is a village in the prefecture of Fokida. It is located very close and west of Delphi, at the foot of Mount Parnassos at an altitude of 200 meters, above Eleonas of Amfissa and a short distance from Arachova, Amfissa, Itea and Galaxidi.
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 2 km southwest of Delphi, 10 km southeast of Amfissa and 6 km northeast of Itea.
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.
Today, Chrisso is a traditional and strictly preserved village, with restored houses surrounded by gardens and several buildings of neoclassical style, which indicates the older prosperity of the inhabitants from the olive products. It has traditional taverns and two squares. The main square in the heart of the village is characterized by the centuries-old plane tree and the running waters. It has many traditional, stone churches with the small church of Agios Georgios, surrounded by the ancient walls of Krissa.
The majority of the villagers are farmers and in particular they are engaged in the cultivation of olive trees and its by-products.
