Kastri, Phocis

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Kastri Village
Καστρί
Village of Kastri before the Delphi excavation
LocationPhocis, Greece
RegionCentral Greece
Coordinates38°28′53″N 22°30′06″E / 38.4812634°N 22.5016871°E / 38.4812634; 22.5016871
History
Abandoned1893
CulturesMedieval Greece
Site notes
ArchaeologistsWilliam Martin Leake

Kastri was a medieval village in Greece, which was formed above the ruins of the ancient site of Delphi. The local villagers partly used the ruins in the construction of their village. The village was destroyed during the exploratory archaeological digging for the ancient site of Delphi in late 19th century.

History

The temple and statues at Delphi were destroyed under the rule of Theodosius I in c. 390 AD. The village of Kastri was built on top of the ruins using marble from destroyed buildings and, eventually, the precise location of Delphi was lost.[1]

French Archaeological School of Athens pledged a sum of money to facilitate the removal of the villagers to the site of the modern city of Delphi and, in return, was granted a ten-year concession to excavate the site.[2] The village was estimated to consist of about one hundred homes and two hundred inhabitants.[3]

During the excavation, the French Archaeologists removed vast quantities of soil from landslides that had covered the major buildings and structures of Delphi.[4]

The new village that was created for the inhabitants of Kastri is now part of modern-day Delphi, and the name is not used locally anymore.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lawton, William Cranston (1889). Delphi, the Locality and Its Legends. p. 808.
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  3. ISBN 978-1-4406-4934-9
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  4. ^ "Delphi". Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 1 April 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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