Kastrologos

Castles of Greece
 

Dafni, Evrotas, Laconia,Peloponnese

Paliopyrgos of Dafni

  
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Location:
In a hilly area 2 km NW of the village Dafni in Peloponnese, south of Sparta
Region > Prefecture: Greek Map
Peloponnese
Laconia
Municipality > Town:
City of Evrotas
• Dafni
Altitude:
Elevation ≈ 265 m 
(Relative Height≈30 m)
Time of Construction   Origin
14th or 15th cent.  
Late-BYZANTINE
H 
Castle Type   Condition
Tower  
Rather Poor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A ruined tower north-west from the village of Dafni in Laconia and west from the medieval settlement of Lykovouno.

Next to the tower there was a church of Agia Sofia from which only a few parts remain. Based on the construction, the two monuments must have been built in the late Byzantine period (14th or 15th century.


First entry in Kastrologos:    May 2014
Last update of info and text:   September 2020
Last addition of photo/video:  September 2020

Sources

  • Info and photos from the website ΔΑΦΝΙ ΛΑΚΩΝΙΑΣ - Παλιόπυργος
  • Αρχαιολογικό Δελτίο, issue 55-B1, 2000, page 255




Road map to Paliopyrgos of Dafni

Access
Approach to the monument:
Behind the stadium of Daphni begins a dirt road that after almost 2km reaches a point where we walk up an uphill branch on the left and find the hill of the tower in front of us, but fenced.
Entrance:
Access to the tower is not possible due to fencing (which was placed to discourage treasure hunters). The tower is visible from some distance, from neighboring hills.


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