The lighthouse on the island Mavro Oros, was manufactured in 1884, by the French company of Ottoman Lighthouses, equipped with an illuminating catadioptric device of D class. Its 14m high white octagon tower has a focal length of 87m and a luminescence range of 12 nautical miles. It has been integrated in the Greek Lighthouse …
Built on the mountain Vrachonas, on the southeast side of the present village of Sivota. The abandoned settlement is formed by 50 stone built, two-storey houses, with dome-shaped structure on the ground level. In 1993 the ottoman settlement was declared “protected historical monument”.
The Roman villa is a rectangular shaped building with peripheral wings around a central room. The main entrance was in the center of the eastern side of the building. The walls are preserved up to foundation level, while few parts of the superstructure can be seen in the southern and eastern parts of the walls. …
The mound of 5m.height is surrounded by a circular precinct, scantly preserved mainly along the southern side of the tumulus. Across the tumulus surface a total of 88 graves have been revealed, mostly cist graves along with seven pit graves and a burial in a vessel.
200 graves of various categories have been excavated: tile graves, pits covered with stones, pits without coverage and stone built graves as well as burial monuments. All kinds of funerary practices have been used, i.e. cremation, interment and burial in pots.
Coastal fortified settlement, covering an area of 22 hectares, divided in three sectors, built on consecutive plateaus along the hill and enclosed within successive fortification circuits. During the time of its foundation habitation was restricted on the smooth and leveled eastern part of the hill, where two “citadels” are situated. In Hellenistic times the fortification …
The hill of Doliani is abundant with archaeological remains covering a wide chronological range from antiquity to post -Byzantine (Ottoman) period. The settlement, in the northern and eastern sides and in the accessible parts of the naturally protected western side, it is fortified with a strong double isodomic wall, which underwent multiple restoration and additional …
According to historic engravings, the shape of the castle appears to be triangular or quadrangular, with strong large towers on all corners. Furthermore, it appears that there are also buildings inside the castle. In fact, in the Camozio(1574) and Coronelli’s (1688) engravings there are also a mosque and a large circular building. However the current …
The castle was constructed right above an ancient fortress of the late roman period. The fortification wall has undergone repairs in various periods of times, while today reaches in parts a height of 6m.and an average thickness of 2m. The main gate is located in the middle of the eastern side, which was strengthened by …
This archaeological military site is situated on a low hill in the middle of the Ragio-Kestrini plain, near the old estuary of the Kalamas river. The hill was fortified with a strong defensive wall, still well preserved, encircling an area of 3500sq.metres. At the Ottoman period a two-storeyed building was constructed right above the northern …
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