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Kechries (Greek Modern: Κεχριές, rarely Κεχρεές, Ancient/Katharevousa: Kenchreai), older form: Cenchreae, Kenchreai, Kechriai, Kekhries, Kekhriai, Kekhriais is a community in the municipality of Corinth in Corinthia. Distance is about 7 km southwest of Corinth and 7 km SE of the Epidavros interchange with GR-8A/E94, N of Galataki and Kato Almyri, E of Examilia, SE of Xylokeriza, S of Kiras Vrysi and WSW of modern Isthmia. Katharevousa (Greek Καθαρεύουσα, IPA: ) is a form of the Greek language, created during the early 19th century by Adamantios Korais (1748-1833). ... Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Corinthia (Greek: Κορινθία, Korinthía) is the area around the city of Corinth. ... A non-freeway part of the road Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll road running from Kifissou avenue, in Athens up to the northeast of Patras. ... The E94 is part of the international E-road network, which is a series of main roads in the European Union. ... Examilia (Greek: Εξαμίλια) is a community in the municipality of Corinth. ...

Nearest places

• Loutra Elenis (south)
• Examilia (west)
• Kiras Vrysi (north)

Geography

• Location: 37°53′6″N, 22°59′15″E
• Postal code: 201 00
• Elevation: 20 to 84 m
• Dialing code: +30-27410 (030-27410)

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Historical population

1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other

The community is a village with a school and a church but no formal square (plateia). The number of permanent local residents is small, and many houses there are used seasonally by owners who reside elsewhere. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

Mount Oneion is found to the south, where a major stone quarry is now located, and the village is surrounded by fertile land. There is a bay founded in the east and is named Kechries Bay. It is a bay that is located on the western part and forms the westernmost area in the Saronic. It lines the easternmost point of the small Corinth Fault. Several seismic faults are located within Kechries. The Saronic Gulf or Gulf of Aegina in Greece forms part of the Aegean Sea and defines the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth. ...

In ancient times, it was one of the two ports of the city-state of Corinth. While Kechries served the eastern trade routes, Lechaio, through the Corinthian Gulf served the trade routes leading west to Magna Graecia and the rest of Europe. Paul visited Cenchreae during his Second Mission Journey. The ancient harbor was partly excavated in 1962-1969 by a team sponsored by the American School of Classical Studies under the direction of Professor Robert Scranton. Excavations at that time and later, during the 1970s, have uncovered several buildings that attest to the commercial vitality and prosperity of the port, especially during the Roman Empire. Lechaio (Greek Modern: Λέχαιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n), also: Lecheo or Leheo older form: Lechaion, Leheon, Lechaeum, Lekhaion is a community in the municipality of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia. ... Magna Graecia around 280 b. ... Look up Paul in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• Kenchreai Cemetery Project
• Harbor at Cenchreae
• Cenchreae, the port of Corinth
• http://www.reference-guides.com/isbe/C/CENCHREAE/
• GTP - Kechries
• Indexmundi - Kechries

See also:

• Communities of Corinthia