Glyfada ( el, Γλυφάδα) is a seaside village of

Phocis Phocis ( el, Φωκίδα ; grc, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardo ...

, Greece, administratively linked to the municipality of

Dorida Dorida ( el, Δωρίδα) is a municipality in the Phocis regional unit, Central Greece, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Lidoriki. The municipality has an area of 998.893 km2. Municipality The municipality Dorida was forme ...

and built on the plain and on the foothill of Paliokastro, opposite to the small island Trizonia. It is situated at a distance of 23 km from the city of

Nafpaktos Nafpaktos ( el, Ναύπακτος) is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos. It is named for Naupaktos (, Latinize ...

and 45 km from

Galaxidi Galaxidi or Galaxeidi ( el, Γαλαξίδι/Γαλαξείδι), is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi, of which it is a municipal ...

. On the hilltop there have been discovered remains of an ancient acropolis with walls, subterranean cisterns and parts of a temple. On a lower level are traces of the ancient

necropolis A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead". The term usually im ...

. Glyfada is a relatively recent settlement, as most inhabitants settled there in the beginning of the 1950s, coming from the mountain village Dafnochori (former Marazias), located to the north of Glyfada at an altitude of 905 meters. The name Glyfada comes from a fountain in this region, emanating brackish water, which flows into the sea close to the village's square. The inhabitants work as farmers, fishermen or herdsmen and especially with masonry. In the main square is situated the main church, dedicated to the Dormition of Mary. Administratively, Glyfada was an independent community until 1997. Between 1997 and 2011 it belonged to the municipality of

Tolofon Tolofon ( el, Τολοφών, also Τολοφώνας, ''Tolofonas''; before 1927: Βιτρινίτσα, ''Vitrinitsa'') is a village and a former municipality in Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ...

. From 2011 it is situated within the municipality of Dorida.

Archaeology

On the hill Paliokastro is located an ancient fortification, dating to the end of the 4th or beginning of the 3rd century B.C. Within this—so far unidentified–town of western Locris one sees precincts erected on natural terraces and several remains of buildings, of which some were of a public or religious character. Among them stands out a built cistern of relatively large dimensions. Outside of the fortification, particularly above the present-day settlement of Glyfa, is located the ancient city. To the northeast of the hill have been traced several remains of the Hellenistic period. In the region connecting Palaiokastro with the modern national road between Naupaktos and Itea was located the necropolis, of which some tombs are visible today. In the region was worshipped the goddess Vasileia, as attested by an ancient inscription found in Glyfa. Several views have been expressed regarding the town's identity: others identify it as ancient

Anticyra Antikyra or Anticyra ( el, Αντίκυρα) is a port on the west coast of the Gulf of Antikyra named after it. That gulf is a north-coast bay of the Gulf of Corinth. The settlement was made basically on a floor and beach fringing the northeast ...

, others with Oeantheia and others with Hyaeon polis, but none of these theories has so far been verified.Lerat, L., ''Les Locriens de l'Ouest'', Paris, 1952

Cultural life

In the summertime several cultural and athletic events take place in the village, particularly around the 15th of August. In the village function a maritime shelter, a public primary school, a medical station, a pharmacy and a center for the citizens' service. Glyfada has a homonymous football team as well.

References

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