Parori, Boeotia

Parori (Greek: Παρόρι), formerly Beskeni (Greek: Μπεσκένι, named after a local Ottoman-era agha) is a small village located about 27 kilometres north of Livadeia, the capital of Boeotia in Central Greece.

With its stone houses, narrow cobbled streets, beautiful tiled roofs and traditional decorative elements, the village is a good example of traditional local architecture.

The first theory posits that it derives from its location at the foot of Mount Parnassus (παρά το όρος, i.e. "near the mountain"), and the second from its location in the borders of two regional units Boeotia and Phthiotis (παρά τα όρια, "near the border").

The oldest testament of the village's existence is the church of St. Nicholas, which is dated by a stone inscription to 1360.

Parori station is a small unstaffed station located 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) (17 Min walk) North of the settlement and is served by two trains a day.