Lisvori, Dytiki Lesbos, Lesbos,North Aegean
Tower of Lisvorio
| Location: |
| At the middle between the village Lisvori and the beach Skamnioudi, at the eastern side of the bay of Kalloni in Lesbos island |
| Region > Prefecture: |  |
| North Aegean Lesbos | |
| Municipality > Town: | |
| City of Dytiki Lesbos • Lisvori | |
| Altitude: | |
| Elevation ≈ 10 m |
| Time of Construction | Origin | |
| late 14th or early 15th | GENOAN  |
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| Castle Type | Condition | |
| Ruined Tower |
Few Remains
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A few remains of a tower which is believed that it has been part of a larger castle or house located between the village Lisvori of Lesbos and the beach Skamnioudi at the eastern side of the bay of Kalloni.
A stone with the sign of the Byzantine emperor Manouil ΙΙ Paleologos was found at a chapel of Agios Nicolaos nearby and it is known that it was taken from the tower (together with a lot of other stones probably, hence the condition of the monument). This fact enables us to date the construction of the tower around the end of the 14th or the beginning of the 15th century.
In that period, Lesbos was ruled by the Gateluzzi family from Genoa who had received the island as a dowry in 1355 by the Byzantine emperor Ioannes V Paleologos, father of Manouil II, who was a relative of the Gateluzzi and officially their king.
| First entry in Kastrologos: | February 2015 |
Sources
- Website ΛΙΣΒΟΡΙ - ΤΟ ΛΙΣΒΟΡΙ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΑΙΩΝΕΣ
- Information by Mr. Ioannis Dedes
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| Approach to the monument: |
| - |
| Entrance: |
| Free access |
| Other castles around |
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| Castle of Agiasos |
| Tower of Ambeliko |
| Palaiokastro of Kalloni |
| Ovriokastro |
| Tower of Parakoila |
| Kastreli of Stypsi |
| Paliopyrgos of Vrisa |
| Chalandrokastro |