Kryoneri Κρυονέρι
Community
Panoramic view of Kryoneri
Kryoneri
Coordinates: 37°52′N 22°35′E / 37.867°N 22.583°E / 37.867; 22.583
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Corinthia
Municipality	Sikyona
Municipal unit	Sikyona
Elevation	740 m (2,430 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	768
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registration	ΚΡ

Kryoneri (Greek: Κρυονέρι, before 1955: Μάτζανη - Matzani^[2]) is a village in Corinthia regional unit, Greece. It is 42 km southwest of Corinth, built at 740 m height, in the slopes of Velisa mountain (part of Cyllene mountain). Kryoneri is part of the municipality of Sikyona. The village was flown through by a stream, tributary of Elisson River.^[3][4] Kryoneri has panoramic view towards northeast Corinthia until the coasts of Saronic and Corinthian gulf.

History

The first name of the settlement was Mergeni, which possibly means grass land.^[4] This name derived from the Franks who dominated the Peloponnese during the 13th and 14th centuries. The current name was given in 1954 which means a place with cold water. The village took part in the Greek War of Independence, where a chieftain from Kryoneri with the surname Stergiopoulos is mentioned.^[3]

Historical population

Places of interest

The Kryoneri Astronomical Station observatory was built in 1974–75 at a height of 1000 meters. It has the second biggest telescope in Greece after the Chelmos Observatory. Its catoptric lens is 122 cm diameter.^[5]

Located 4 km southwest of the village is the monastery of the Assumption of the Theotokos Lechova. It is built at 1050 m height. The catholicon of the monastery dates from Byzantine times, while other parts of the monastery belong to the 12th or 13th century.^[6]

Near the village there is a cemetery of the Mycenaean era.^[4] It includes ruins of 10 vaulted tombs. In the place Koutroumbi there are some ruins of a Mycenaean acropolis.