Galaxidi

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Galaxidi (Γαλαξίδι)
Coordinates	38°22′ N 22°23′ E
Country	Greece
Periphery	Central Greece
Prefecture	Phocis
Population	3,030 source (2001)
Elevation	4 m
Postal code	330 52
Area code	22650
Licence plate code	ΑΜ

Galaxidi harbor

Galaxidi (Greek, Modern: Γαλαξίδι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), is a town and a municipality located in the southern part of the prefecture of Phokida. It A small harbor which connects with the Crisaean Gulf is north of Galaxidi. It is located near GR-48/E65 which connects Antirio with the Rio-Antirio bridge and Itea along with GR-27, Amfissa and Livadeia. It is located about 10 km S of Itea and about 30 km S of Amfissa, S of Lamia, about 25 km SW of Delphi, WSW of Livadeia and E of Nafpaktos, the Rio-Antirio bridge and GR-5.

1 Communities and subdivisions
2 Nearest places
3 Sites of interest
4 External links
5 See also

[edit] Communities and subdivisions

[edit] Nearest places

Itea, S

εορια) τ==Historical population==

Year	Communal population	Change (town)	Municipal population
1981	1,264	-	-
1991	1,369	105/8.31%	2,494

Galaxidi has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasuim, 3 churches, a post office, bank and squares (plateia). Galaxidi has a small port used by small fishing boats and yachts nowdays. During the age of sail (up to late 19th century) had a big local merchant marine fleet. During that time much wealth was accumulated and can be seen by the size and style of local architecture. In the last decades tourism has been increasing. People mostly occupied in merchant marine, tourism and sea farming. Traditional style has been greatly maintained and is one of the reasons it remains popular with tourists. Municipality of Galaxidi also consists of nearby villages "Ayioi Pantes" (Αγιοι Παντες), "Penteoria" (Πεντεορια) and "Vounihora" (Βουνιχωρα). The view of Itea and the small peninsula as well as the western part of Parnassus can be seen. The Peloponnese can rarely be seen in the south.

The exiscente dates back to 1393 BC.

Much of the land are bushy, grassy or rocky and are covered with mountains. There are not as many farms in the area but most of the groves are as far as 3 km within Galaxidi. Pine forests are situated in the southeast over a rocky shoreline.

[edit] Sites of interest

Maritime Museum of Galaxidi, a museum which includes the Galaxidi Chronicle which was published by KN Sathas in 1865. It used to serve as a town hall for Galaxidi. website: http://www.culture.gr/4/42/421/42104/42104c/e42104c1.html