Parnassos (municipality)
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Parnassos is a former municipality in Phocis
, Greece
, named after Mount Parnassus
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi
, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,668 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Polydrosos.
Phocis
Phocis 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 Vardousia on the west, upon the Gulf of Corinth...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, named after Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus
Mount Parnassus, also Parnassos , is a mountain of limestone in central Greece that towers above Delphi, north of the Gulf of Corinth, and offers scenic views of the surrounding olive groves and countryside. According to Greek mythology, this mountain was sacred to Apollo and the Corycian nymphs,...
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi
Delphi
Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...
, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 2,668 (2001). The seat of the municipality was in Polydrosos.