Livadia Attractions
Livadiá, capital of Boeotia, is a busy town on the southwestern edge of the fertile Kopais plain. On the main road through the town is a spacious square laid out in gardens, with tavernas.
In antiquity Livadiá was famed for the oracle of Zeus Trophonios, which continued to flourish into the Roman Imperial period and was described by Pausanias in the A.D. second century. In the Middle Ages the town was occupied by Catalan mercenaries, who built a castle on the hill (now called Áyios Ilías) on which the sanctuary of the oracle once stood. In 1460 Livadiá fell into Turkish hands and became the chief town in Boeotia.
Bus connections with Athens and Delphi.
In antiquity Livadiá was famed for the oracle of Zeus Trophonios, which continued to flourish into the Roman Imperial period and was described by Pausanias in the A.D. second century. In the Middle Ages the town was occupied by Catalan mercenaries, who built a castle on the hill (now called Áyios Ilías) on which the sanctuary of the oracle once stood. In 1460 Livadiá fell into Turkish hands and became the chief town in Boeotia.
Bus connections with Athens and Delphi.
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Chaironeia - Town & Lion of Chaironeia, Greece
(Near Livadia)
The Lion of Chaironeia commemorates a decisive 338 B.C. battle, which marked the start of Macedonian domination of Greece.
Cold Spring
In the Erkyna gorge at the west end of the town is the Cold Spring, probably the ancient Spring of Mnemosyne. The Springs of Memory (Mnemosyne) and Forgetfulness (Lethe) played a part in the process of consulting the oracle. Cut in the rock are recesses for votive offerings.
