Distomo

Distomo (Greek, Modern: Δίστομο), older forms: Distomon is a municipality in the Boeotia Prefecture, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Population 4,368 (2001). Distomo is located 180 km west of Athens, 25 km west of Levadia, 15 km south of Desphina and east of Delphi and Itea and southeast of Amphissa. It borders to the west with the prefecture of Phocis. It is accessible via the Greek National Road 48 (Naupactus - Arachova - Levadia). Distomo is known as the site of the massacre that was perpetrated by the German army against the local inhabitants during the Second World War. One of the most important monuments of...