Antikyra is a seaside village in the Prefecture of Viotia and is a municipal unit of the Kallikratikos municipality of Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra with three settlements, the settlement of Antikyra, the settlement of Agios Isidoros and the settlement of Agia Sotira. The settlement of Antikyra is 16 km from Desfina, 27 km from Arachova and about 170 km from Athens. It is known for its beaches, as well as for the factory complex of the industrial company Aluminum of Greece, which is 10 minutes away.
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The Antikyra Sports Football Club
"Antikyreas" was founded in 1956 and was maintained for half a century
until 2006, when it was merged with S.A. White Houses and created the
"Union of White Houses - Antikyra" based in White Houses. He
participated in the football championships of E.P.S. Viotias and the
best moments in its 50-year history were the promotion to the A'
Division of the local championship and its participation in the final of
the E.P.S. Cup. Boeotia in 1994 against A.O. Thebes. In 2000, he also
created a volleyball department, which in 2002 separated from the club,
operating since then independently as "Antikyra Gymnastic Club".
A.O. Antikyra Cypress
The Sports Club of Antikyra "o Kyparissos" was
founded in 2009 and represents Antikyra in football by participating in
the championships of the E.P.S. Boeotia. Its seat is the Municipal
Stadium of Antikyra.
G.S. Antikyra
The "Antikyra Gymnasium"
represents Antikyra in volleyball by participating in the championships
of ESPEKEL. It was officially founded in 2004, however the club's
history begins in 2002, when the volleyball department of A.P.O.
Antikyrea Antikyras broke away from the club as an independent club.
Seat of the G.S. Antikyra is the Antikyra Indoor Gym.
Antikyra has been inhabited since the early historical period.
Unfortunately, the Greek state has done little to highlight the rich
history of the area and has never carried out any significant
excavations in the area.
The traveler Pausanias identifies it
with the Phocian city of Cyparisso mentioned by Homer in the list of
Neos. According to tradition the city was founded by the hero
Antikyreus, who cured Heracles of mania using the hellebore plant, a
medicinal herb.
The city had quite an important historical role
during classical times. As observed by Lambros Zagas, the city had
repeatedly occupied the ancient Attic courts and for it was written the
speech of the well-known orator Lysias "Towards Medon Pseudomartyrion".
Antikyra was the name of the well-known courtesan Antikyra with whom
Demetrius the Besieger was associated (Plutarch Demetrius 24).
Later, of course, it was occupied by the Romans (210 BC), but it
continued to flourish, as mentioned by Pausanias who visited it four
centuries later.
The city during the Middle Ages was at risk of
piracy and was eventually abandoned.
It is referred to as "White
Houses" (often a corruption of the name) on maps dating from the 16th
century onwards. On the map of Greece by Abraham Ortelius, about the end
of the 16th century, as "Apropiti". On Frederik de Wit's map (Amsterdam,
1688) as "Apropiti". In a map by V. Foglio, printed in Rome in 1788,
they are mentioned as Apre Spizia. On a map by Keith Johnston, London,
1879, the Bay of White Houses (Aspra Spitia Bay) is mentioned. In 1817
J. C. Hobhouse reports that "from Distomos to the White Houses, so
called from some white buildings which once stood on that spot, is two
hours' journey southward ... The harbor is frequented by small vessels
carrying corn."
Antikyra came to the fore after a tragic air
force accident that occurred on May 18, 2000, when a fighter plane
crashed into a house in the area, killing two schoolgirls who were
inside at the time.
Antikyra, like many other regions of Greece, had significant
administrative changes during the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries,
which in general - in brief terms are as follows:
D. Delphi
(Kastriou) N. Phokidos and Lokris
Gazette 20/04/1835
The
settlement of Antikyra is annexed to the municipality of Delphi
(Kastri)
D. Antikyras N. Fokidos and Lokris
Official
Gazette 80A - 28/12/1836
Establishment of the municipality with
the detachment of the village of Desfina from the municipality of
Delphi (Kastri) and its designation as the seat of the municipality
The settlement of Antikyra is detached from the municipality of
Delphi (Kastri) and annexed to the municipality
D. Antikyras
Fokidos
Official Gazette 136A - 07/08/1899
The municipality is
detached from the prefecture of Fthiotidos and Fokidos and falls
under the prefecture of Fokidos
D. Antikyras N. Fthiotidos
and Fokidos
Official Gazette 282A - 04/12/1909
The
municipality is detached from the prefecture of Fokidos and falls
under the prefecture of Fthiotidos and Fokidos
K. Desfinis N.
Fthiotidos and Fokidos
Official Gazette 261A - 31/08/1912
The
settlement of Antikyra is separated from the municipality of
Antikyra and annexed to the community of Desfinis
K.
Antikyras N. Fthiotidos and Fokidos
Official Gazette 221A -
06/07/1929
The settlement of Antikyra is detached from the
community of Desfinis and is designated as the seat of the community
of Antikyra
K. Desfinis N. Fthiotidos and Fokidos
Official
Gazette 486A - 22/10/1935
The settlement of Antikyra is detached
from the community of Antikyra and annexed to the community of
Desfinis
K. Antikyras Prefecture of Boiotias
Official
Gazette 223A - 26/07/1943
The settlement of Antikyra is detached
from the community of Desfina in the province of Parnassidos of the
prefecture of Fokidos and is designated as the seat of the community
of Antikyra in the province of Livadeia in the prefecture of
Boeotia.
Official Gazette 05/04/1981
Recognition of
the Agios Isidoros settlement and its annexation to the Antikyra
community
Gazette 18/03/2001
Recognition of the Agia
Sotira settlement and its annexation to the Antikyra community
D. Distomou Arachova Antikyra
Official Gazette 87A -
07/06/2010
The settlement of Antikyra is detached from the
community and annexed to the municipality of
Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra
The settlement of Agios Isidoros is
detached from the community and annexed to the municipality of
Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra
The settlement of Agia Sotira is
detached from the community and annexed to the municipality of
Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra
The community is removed.