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Chaironeia Village
The Lion of Chaironeia |
Welcome to Chaironeia!
The district of Chaironeia, especially the Magoula Balomenou site, has been inhabited since prehistoric years. It was subordinate to Orchomenos until the end of the 5th century B.C.; it then formed one of the 11 Boeotian districts until 338 B.C., when it came under the control of Philip II, as a result of his victory in the battle of Chaironeia. During the Roman era it was granted status of freedom. It is also the birth place of Plutarch.
Today it is a village 13 kilometers (8 miles) north from the capital of the Prefecture of Viotia (Boeotia), Livadia, and inhabited by some 750 people. The site is a pole of interest for both international and Greek visitors, due to the Lion of Chaironeia, a monument to the fallen members of the Theban Sacred Band, who were killed fighting heroically in the battle of Chaironeia against Philip II and his son Alexander the Great. Very important are also the prehistoric exhibits of the small, but must-see, local museum.
The Lion of Chaironeia |
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