Amfikleia
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|municipality = Amfikleia-Elateia
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Amfikleia ({{langx|el|Αμφίκλεια}}, before 1915: Δαδί - Dadi{{cite web|url=http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/169463|title=Πανδέκτης: Dadi -- Amfikleia|accessdate=21 October 2010}}) is a town and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Amfikleia-Elateia, of which it is a municipal unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}}
The municipal unit has an area of 229.366 km2, the community 108.124 km2.{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }} At the 2021 census, the population of the municipal unit was 2,996 and of the community 2,157. The town is situated at the northern foot of Mount Parnassus, in the valley of the river Cephissus. It is 11 km northwest of Kato Tithorea and 31 km southeast of Lamia. Greek National Road 3 (Thebes - Lamia) passes through the town. The town is served by a railway station with connections on the Athens–Thessaloniki railway.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Amfikleia consists of the following communities:
- Amfikleia
- Bralos
- Drymaia
- Palaiochori
- Tithroni
- Xylikoi
History
Amfikleia was named after the ancient town Amphicleia ({{langx|grc|Ἀμφίκλεια}}). Amphicleia was also named Amphicaea (Ἀμφίκαια) and Ophiteia (Ὀφιτεία). It was situated in the north of ancient Phocis.{{cite DGRG|title=Amphicaea}} The Persians under Xerxes destroyed the city in 480 BC during the second Persian invasion of Greece.Herodotus, Histories 8.33 It was rebuilt afterwards, and at the time of Pausanias (2nd century AD), it was known for the worship of Dionysus.Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.33.9-11
During the Middle Ages, a tower was built on the site of the acropolis. Today the site is occupied by the cemetery.{{Tabula Imperii Byzantini | volume = 1 | page = 122}}
Dadi, which was founded near the site of ancient Amphicleia, became a vibrant town; in early 19th century, William Leake reported 500 families living in the town.{{Cite book |last=Leake |first=William Martin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sncKAAAAIAAJ&q=dhadhi&pg=PA74 |title=Travels in Northern Greece |year=1835 |volume=2 |pages=74}} Dadi was renamed to Amfikleia in 1915.
Notable people
- Athanasios Eftaxias (1849–1931), politician
Gallery
File:Ag. Ierousalem above Amfikleia, March 2015 - panoramio.jpg|The church of Holy Jerusalem above Amfikleia
File:Πεσόντες Αμφίκλειας.jpg|Memorial to the 11 inhabitants executed by the Germans in 1943 as reprisals for a sabotage attack on Amfikleia railway station
File:DE Amfiklias.svg|Position of Amfiklia municipal unit in Amfiklia-Elatia Municipality, Fthiotida Regional Unit Greece
References
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External links
- [http://www.dimos-amfiklias-elatias.gr/ Municipality of Amfikleia-Elateia] {{in lang|el}}
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