Mistros, Dirfys-Messapia, Euboea,Central Greece
Tower of Mistros
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Panagiotis Roubis, Jan 2020
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Panagiotis Roubis, Jan 2020
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Th. Skouras archives (take: 16/11/1975)
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Th. Skouras archives (take: 16/11/1975)
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photo by Alex Kalantzis
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Th. Skouras archives (take: 16/11/1975)
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Th. Skouras archives (take: 16/11/1975)
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Panagiotis Roubis, Jan 2020
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Panagiotis Roubis, Jan 2020
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Panagiotis Roubis, Jan 2020
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Panagiotis Roubis, Jan 2020
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Panagiotis Roubis, Jan 2020
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Dionysios Xenoulis, May 2020
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Dionysios Xenoulis, May 2020
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Dionysios Xenoulis, May 2020
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Dionysios Xenoulis, May 2020
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Dionysios Xenoulis, May 2020
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G Traveller, Dec 2021
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| Location: |
| In Mistros, a village at the centre of Euboea island |
| Region > Prefecture: |  |
| Central Greece Euboea | |
| Municipality > Town: | |
| City of Dirfys-Messapia • Mistros | |
| Altitude: | |
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Elevation ≈ 230 m (Relative Height≈15 m) |
| Time of Construction | Origin | |
| 15th cent. | VENETIAN  |
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| Castle Type | Condition | |
| Tower |
Rather Poor
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Mistros is a village in the central region of the island of Euboea, 31km from Chalkis.
The tower is inside the village, on an elevated plateau east of the church of Agios Athanassios.
It must have been a big tower. The dimensions of its base are ca. 9.5m✖10.5m. The initial height might exceed 20m.
There is no more information about it. Like similar (square and big) towers in Euboea, it must be a Venetian construction. The Venetians prevailed in the island from the end of the 14th century and for almost a century. The tower of Mistros must have been built early in the 15th century, a period in which the Venetians finalized the design of this type of towers.
During the Greek Civil War, in 1948, army engineers started to demolish the tower in order to build barracks but they were stopped by the villagers. Unfortunately, they had already done some serious damage.
| First entry in Kastrologos: | October 2016 | Last addition of photo/video: | October 2022 |
Sources
- Theodoros Skouras, «Οχυρώσεις στην Εύβοια (Μερικές λύσεις στα τοπογραφικά τους προβλήματα)»- pag.367 ΑΕΜ – volume Κ’ – 1975
- Alex Kalantzis , website Κάστρα της Ελλάδας
- Panagiotis Roubis, φωτογραφίες (1-3 και 9-13) και βίντεο (Πύργος Μίστρου//Tower of Mistros Euboea Greece)
- photos 14 – 18 Dionysios Xenoulis , May 2020
- photo 19 G Traveller, Dec 21
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ, τεύχος 25-Β1, 1970, σελ. 255
- Video by the user G Traveller (Sep 2022) Πύργος Μίστρου | Tower of Mistros
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