Kastrologos

Castles of Greece
 

Pyli, Tanagra, Boeotia,Central Greece

Tower of Pyli

  
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Location:
On a hill at the eastern end of the village Pyli in Dervenohoria area at the northern slopes of mount Parnis, in Boeotia
Region > Prefecture: Greek Map
Central Greece
Boeotia
Municipality > Town:
City of Tanagra
• Pyli
Altitude:
Elevation ≈ 575 m 
(Relative Height≈10 m)
Time of Construction   Origin
14th century (?)  
FRANKISH
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Castle Type   Condition
Tower  
In Ruins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

We do not have information about this tower. It was most probably Frankish as most of the other towers in the region and was built around the 14th century (± one century).


First entry in Kastrologos:    December 2014

Sources

  • Ιστοσελίδα ancientgreece.gr -Πύργος Πύλης (obsolete page)
  • Photos 8,9 by Dionysios Xenoulis, October 2020