Kaloskopi

Kaloskopi (Greek: Καλοσκοπή, before 1927: Κουκουβίστα - Koukouvista) is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Gravia, northeastern Phocis, Greece. It is situated in the northeastern foothills of Mount Giona, 8 km west of Kastellia and 19 km north of Amfissa.

The village is located in the middle of a dense fir forest, while on the south side it seems that the forest of the hill of Lyritsa with the plane trees, walnuts, oaks, cherries and apple trees completes the green landscape. Nestled at the foot of Gkiona, the village is surrounded by Mount Kallidromo in the east, Vardousia in the west, Oiti in the north and Parnassos in the south. Kaloskopi has plenty of spring water that overflows the stone-curved founts and irrigates the gardens of the houses.

Kaloskopi can be accessed by road from the 200th kilometer of the New Athens-Lamia National Highway at the exit of Thermopylae, by train from the station of Bralos and then by taxi or bus only from Amfissa and Lamia.

7th Century - 14th Century

The original name of Kaloskopi was Koukouvista, a name that is Slavic and means "Cuckoo's Nest" because it was located in the dense spine on the mountain slope of the highest ridge. The first settlement of Kaloskopi occurred in the 7th century, when the Slavic tribes descended into the Greek territory. As a result, the indigenous population moved to Kaloskopi where nomadic settlements already existed, in order to protect themselves from invaders. The middle of the 14th century was followed by the descent of the Serbs. The name Koukouvista was given during the first or second Slavic invasion.

1450-1800

The first houses of the village were built in the area of Ai Nikolas, where you can currently find vineyards, and they were huts covered with clay. According to the Ottoman census of 1456, 78 hearths were recorded in Koukouvista. There is also another reference to Koukouvista that was made in 1704, when there was a dispute between the people of Koukouvista and the people of Segditsa regarding the ownership of the meadow of the Gkiona saddle mountain. The Ottoman judges sided with the people of Koukouvista and finally gave them the ownership of the pasture of the Giona saddle mountain. In 1750, an unknown but serious epidemic broke out and it almost decimated the population.

1800-1900