Charadra (Phocis)

Charadra (Ancient Greek: Χαράδρα)[1] was a city of ancient Phocis, and one of the Phocian towns destroyed by Xerxes I in 480 BCE during the Greco-Persian Wars.

[2] Pausanias describes Charadra as situated 20 stadia from Lilaea, upon a lofty and precipitous rock.

He further states that the inhabitants suffered from a scarcity of water, which they obtained from the torrent Charadrus, a tributary of the Cephissus, distant three stadia from the town.

[3] Situated in the agora of the town, Pausanias noted altars of heroes; some thought they were of the Dioscuri, others thought they were of local heroes.

[5][6] It was rebuilt after the Third Sacred War and some remains of its gates and walls have been found.