Cultures Medieval Greece | Abandoned 1893 Local time Saturday 1:11 AM | |
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Kastri was a medieval village that was formed above the ruins of the ancient site of Delphi. The local villagers partly used the ruins in the construction of their village. The village was destroyed during the exploratory archaeological digging for the ancient site of Delphi in late 19th century.
In 1893 the French Archaeological School removed vast quantities of soil from numerous landslides that have covered the major buildings and structures of Delphi and that formed the foundations for the village. In order to do this work the villages were relocated to a new site but due to local tensions the original excavation work was done under the guard of the army.
The new village that was created for the inhabitants of Kastri and is now part of modern-day Delphi and the name is not used locally anymore.