Chryso, Serres Explained

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).

History

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]

See also

List of settlements in the Serres regional unit

Notes and References

  1. http://www.serres.gr/index.php/istoria/istoria-serron-samsaris D. C. Samsaris, A History of Serres (in the Ancient and Roman Times) (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1999, p. 156
  2. http://www.ems.gr/analytikos-katalogos-ekdoseon/makedoniki-vivliothiki/049-samsaris.html D. C. Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia during the Antiquity (in Greek), Thessaloniki 1976 (Society for Macedonian Studies), p. 180
  3. D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l’ époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l’ histoire et aux cultes de la province romaine de Macédoine), Dodona 18 (1989), 1, p. 271, n. 105 = The Packard Humanities Institute (Samsaris, Bas-Strymon 105, # PH150744)