Tithorea

Tithorea (Greek: Τιθορέα) is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 reforms of local administration, Tithorea constitutes a municipal unit in the municipality of Amfikleia-Elateia. Population 4,759 (2001). The municipal unit consists of the town Kato Tithorea (the seat of the former municipality) and the villages of Agia Marina, Agia Paraskevi, Modi and Tithorea. Liakoura (ancient Λυκώρεια), the highest summit of Mount Parnassus at a height of 2,457 m, lies in the southernmost part of the municipal unit. The river Cephissus flows in the valley North of the town. Kato Tithorea is served by the Athens-Thessaloniki railway line.