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Ancient settlements around Galaxidi Galaxidi is a blessed place. The variety and mellowness of the landscape offers natural beauty and advantages: the hills near the coast provide places for settlement, the small but fertile valleys and the gentle slopes cultivable land, while the surrounding mountain ranges protection and ample water. [...] Περισσότερα

Cemeteries Two cemeteries and also some isolated tombs have been excavated in the area of Galaxidi. The cemetery of the Geometric settlement at Agios Athanasios consisted of eight cist-graves (1). The dead were placed on their side with the knees bent to the chest, together with rich offerings, such as [...] Περισσότερα

Worship The most important sanctuary of the Chaleians was dedicated to Apollo the Islander (Nasiotes). Its location has not been identified with certainty yet. The epithet of the god suggests that his sanctuary may have been located on an island, possibly the small island of Apsifia, or at the top [...] Περισσότερα

Private life The Chaleians, like the rest of the ancient Greeks, lived a simple life. The majority were land and animal farmers, and many must have lived off the sea as fishermen or merchants. Their everyday life did not differ a great deal from that of the Greek villagers up [...] Περισσότερα

Bronze objects Some bronze objects, especially vessels, have come to light from the area of Agios Vlassis and from excavations of tombs. However, numerous artefacts originating from Galaxidi are exhibited in museums in Europe and America, smuggled during the second half of the 19th c. They are evidence that Chaleion [...] Περισσότερα