Lechaio

Lechaio (Greek Modern: Λέχαιο, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n) is a village in the municipality of Assos-Lechaio in Corinthia. Distances are about 4 to 5 km W of Corinth, SE of Kiato. GR-7 is west of the community hall.

Nearest places

• Corinth (ENE)
• Xylokeriza (ESE)
• Perigialo (W)

Geography

• Postal code: 200 06
• Dialing code: +30-27410-8 (030-27410-8).

Historical population

Year	Population
1981	2,159
1991	2,319
2001	3,952

Other

The community has a school, a church, a train station that is located north of the centre, a beach with a campsite [1], a small airport and a square (plateia). The small airport was built by the Germans in the World War II to serve as a military air-base for the control of the south-eastern Mediterranean area. In tunnels under the airport, a large inventory of weapons and many barrels of oil were stored by the German army. The area is filled with mixed farming along with olive groves, citrus groves, pastures and other fruits and vegetables and some forests. Lechaion is especially known for its unique Soultanina species of grapes. The mountain of Acrocorinth lies to the southeast.

This place had an ancient harbor and had connections of a small harbor in Schinouda, now Kalamaki in the Saronic Gulf. The old naval base of Atratinus was probably in Lechaeum. An ancient road the marble-paved Lechaion Road, which was connected with Corinth. The 8th Spartan mora (regiment) was defeated by the Athenians (led by Iphicrates) at Lechaeum in the times of Agesilaus II, in the Battle of Lechaeum. The Roman bath situated on the Lechaeum Road was built in the 3rd century AD.

See also

• List of settlements in the Corinthia prefecture

External links

• Early Christian Basilica of Lechaion
• Corinthian Monuments - Lechaion Road
• Lechaion Road
• Lechaio (in German)
• Mapquest - Lechaio
• GTP - Lechaio
• GTP - Ancient Lechaeum