Amphissa

Amphissa (in Greek modern Άμφισσα ) is a town of Greece, in the names Phocide, located at 180 m of altitude in the North-West of Delphes. It counted 7.159 inhabitants in 1985.

History

It was in the Antiquité the old capital of the Locride ozolienne or ozole (“puante”). Amphissiens having violated the territory of the temple of Delphes, the Amphictyons declared the war to them: Philippe II of Macedonia, which had been made decree the command, took and shaved their city into 339. The city was rebuilt and equipped with 400 Hoplites in order to prevent the projection of the Galates of Brennos at the time of the “Grande forwarding”.
The city was again destroyed by the Bulgares with the Middle Ages then rebuilt in XIIIe century by the “Francs”, the Latin lords who seized Greece at the time of the Fourth crusade.
It was then called Salona and was the seat of a franque seigniory. The Francs left a castle (maintaining in ruins) the Frourion , built on the remainders of old the acropole.
The city belonged to the Picardy barons initially of the Autremencourt, vassal of the kings of Salonique. In 1311, the Catalan Roger Deslaurs seized and took the title of count it. The city passed to the count Alphonse-Frederic d' Aragon in 1335.
It was taken by the Othoman S in 1394.

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