Kastrologos

Castles of Greece
 

Chandras, Sitia, Lasithi,Crete

Tower of Vóila

  
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Location:
At the Ziros plateau, 1 km north of the village Chandras of eastern Crete
Region > Prefecture: Greek Map
Crete
Lasithi
Municipality > Town:
City of Sitia
• Chandras
Altitude:
Elevation ≈ 590 m 
(Relative Height≈30 m)
Time of Construction   Origin
1740  
OTTOMAN
H 
Castle Type   Condition
Tower House  
Not Good
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The ruins of an Ottoman tower built around 1740. The tower was inside the medieval settlement of Voila which today is abandoned and ruined.


First entry in Kastrologos:    June 2014
Last addition of photo/video:  July 2023

Sources

  • Photos 1, 4, 11-18 by Yiannis Markoudakis (August 2021)




Road map to Tower  of Vóila

Access
Approach to the monument:
-
Entrance:
Free access


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