Chryso | |
Name Local: | Χρυσό |
Type: | community |
Coordinates: | 41.058°N 23.65°W |
Periph: | Central Macedonia |
Periphunit: | Serres |
Municipality: | Emmanouil Pappas |
Municunit: | Emmanouil Pappas |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population: | 1006 |
Chryso (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Χρυσό) is a small town in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 12 km southeast of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas. It has a population of 1,006 inhabitants (2021). Until 1928 it was named Topoliani (Τοπόλιανη).
About 3 km south of Chryso, on a low hill, the traces of a Roman-era rural settlement was found,[1] near where remains of a Roman arched bridge and a paved road section are preserved.[2]
The existence of another agricultural Roman settlement has also been identified on the rocky hill (former village) of "Zeli", situated between Chryso and Agio Pnevma,[1] from where comes a Greek funeral inscription of Roman imperial times (2nd-3rd AD century)[3]
List of settlements in the Serres regional unit