Itea, Phocis

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Itea (Greek Ιτέα ( f sg ) ) is a Greek town on the Gulf of Corinth in Central Greece. By 2010 it formed an independent municipality, which merged on 1 January 2011 in the town of Delphi, where she has since formed a district.

Location

Itea lies south of the National Road 48 ( European Route 65), which connects with Antirrio Itea and the Rio Antirrio bridge on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth. Itea is located about 15 km southwest of Delphi, about 200 km west of Athens and 10 km north of Galaxidi.

To the east lies Kirra, the ancient port of Delphi, now a village in the municipality of Itea and grown together with Itea.

Itea extends in the fertile coastal plain, which stretches north to near Amfissa and is bounded on the east and west of Rocky Mountains. Here is Greece 's largest contiguous olive grove with about 500,000 olive trees.

History

Itea itself was founded in 1830. Due to its convenient location - the port of Itea served as access to the sea for the whole of Central Greece - it soon developed into a commercial and transportation hub.

The day belongs to Itea Kirra has been inhabited since 3000 years BC. Kirra was the sacred city of Delphi as a port and was the only access to Delphi a major city. Kirra was fortified by strong walls and decorated according to Pausanias with temples and giant statues. Kirra was probably destroyed by the earthquake of 740 AD.

On September 17, 1827 destroyed Frank Abney Hastings, a Philhellene and captain of the Greek fleet in the bay of Itea as commander of the first steam-powered warship an Ottoman flotilla of nine ships.

Itea has a rare in Greece Riviera charm and a neat promenade. On the sea side of the promenade is a restaurant lined up at the next one. On a clear day the mountains of the Peloponnese on the opposite side of the Gulf of Corinth are seen.

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