Corinth
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Corinth （/ˈkɒrɪnθ/ KORR-inth; Greek: Κόρινθος, romanized: Kórinthos, Modern Greek pronunciation: [ˈkorinθos] （listen）） is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece.
Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
It is the capital of Corinthia.
It was founded as Nea Korinthos （Νέα Κόρινθος）, or New Corinth, in 1858 after an earthquake destroyed the existing settlement of Corinth, which had developed in and around the site of ancient Corinth.
View of the Gulf of Corinth and modern Corinth from the Castle of Acrocorinth Located about 78 kilometres （48 mi） west of Athens, Corinth is surrounded by the coastal townlets of （clockwise） Lechaio,
Isthmia, Kechries, and the inland townlets of Examilia and the archaeological site and village of ancient Corinth.
Natural features around the city include the narrow coastal plain of Vocha, the Corinthian Gulf, the Isthmus of Corinth cut by its canal,
the Saronic Gulf, the Oneia Mountains, and the monolithic rock of Acrocorinth, where the medieval acropolis was built.
Corinth derives its name from Ancient Corinth, a city-state of antiquity.
The site was occupied from before 3000 BC. Historical references begin with the early 8th century BC, when Corinth began to develop as a commercial center.
Between the 8th and 7th centuries, the Bacchiad family ruled Corinth.
Cypselus overthrew the Bacchiad family, and between 657 and 550 BC, he and his son Periander ruled Corinth as the Tyrants.
In about 550 BC, an oligarchical government seized power.
This government allied with Sparta withi...