The tower of Krouna is located in Ierissos, it is square in plan, its external dimensions are 8×8 m, and it is surrounded by a plundered fortified enclosure. The end walls have collapsed, and the current height ranges from approximately 11.5 to 13.5 meters. This is the tower of the dependency which the Athonite Chilandar monastery had owned until the...
On the coastal hill where the tower of Nea Fokea stands today, there used to be a remarkable prehistoric settlement, which existed for approximately 3000 years.
North of Arnaia and at a distance of about 2 kilometers stands the conical hill of Prophet Elias (altitude 688 m.), at the top of which the namesake chapel is built. Remains of walls from the classical period (5th – 4th century BC) and the Byzantine period are preserved on this hill. The classical antiquities are found at the base...
In the former Prosphorion metochi of the Vatopedi monastery, which is documented in the 11th century, the tower of Ouranoupolis was erected before the 14th century, which was apparently part of a wider building complex. It underwent repairs several times over the years, until the middle of the 19th century when it acquired its present form. It consists of the...
The Byzantine tower, a fortified building with strong pillars that support the external walls, is located in the center of Galatista. Nowadays, it is preserved at a height of about 16m with three levels in the interior. Archaeological work that was carried out on the monument led to its dating in the 11th and 14th centuries, and it acquired its...
Kastelli is located southwest of the settlement of Paleochori, at the top of a steep hill, in the wider region named Neposi. Excavations revealed that the 503m fortification wall of rubble (uncut) stones and lime mortar that surrounds the castle and is preserved to a height of approximately 4m was probably constructed in three phases, which are distinguished by height and indicate...
The tower belonging to the Athonite Zographou monastery at the namesake village of Chalkidiki is a three-storey building, rectangular in plan (dimensions 10.00×9.30m), with a surviving height of approximately 12 m. The lower level has no openings, unlike the upper floors. The main entrance is elevated for security purposes. The first written reference to the tower is from 1465, when...
Mariana is a region about 4 km north of Olynthus. During the Byzantine period, there used to be a village with the same name. At the end of the 14th century, the region became property of the Athonite Docheiariou Monastery. Then, (around 1375) the Monastery built the Tower for the defense of its estates. It is well built and perhaps...
The early Christian basilica of Ierissos (4th–6th century), is located along the coast of the settlement. It is a large three-aisled basilica with an atrium. Its length is approximately 50m including the atrium and the conch. As expected, the basilica of Ierissos was robbed to a great extent, and its larceny began quite early, perhaps as early as the 10th...
The early Christian basilica of Elia is located on the small flat-topped peninsula “Mytari”, at a distance of 10 km from Nikiti to Neos Marmaras. It is a three-aisled basilica, an edifice of the 5th century, decorated with frescoes and a mosaic floor in the central aisle. The church was probably destroyed in the 6th century, but was repaired and...
The Ottoman city Siderokapsa developed between the 15th and 17th centuries to the west of the present settlement of Stagira in Chalkidiki. The Ottoman bath was one of the public buildings of the city which was preserved in a fairly good condition. It was probably founded by Ishak Pasha, grand vizier and later vali (governor) of Thessaloniki, before 1487, and...
The fortification wall of Kassandreia is located on the northern boundary of the settlement of Nea Potidaea and extends for approximately 1200m from the Toronaic gulf in the east to the Thermaic gulf in the west. It was built in the late Roman period, repaired in the 6th century by emperor Justinian and it was once again repaired at the...
On the north bank of the Solina stream in Kassandra, close to the sea, there was an ancient city, possibly “Nea Polis” as mentioned by Herodotus. Over the centuries, the city was reduced to the late Byzantine settlement of “Solin”, which was utterly ruined during the Destruction of Kassandra, in 1821. The basilica was built around the beginning of the...
A monument in operation, which visibly encapsulates its history. The post-Byzantine church of St. Stephen in Arnaia reveals its earlier phases, starting from the early Christian period, through its glass floor.
The parish church of St. Athanasios of Sykia, in Sithonia, Chalkidiki, is located in the center of the old settlement. It is a three-aisled, timber-roofed basilica with a narthex and a women’s gallery (gynaikonitis). Construction work on the church commenced in December 1818 and was completed in 1819. In 1821, part of the church was destroyed by Ottoman forces and...
During the early Christian period, a new settlement was established in the region of New Kallikrateia which was inhabited from the 4th to the end of the 6th century AD. Part of an oblong rectangular storage building was discovered in the south-eastern part of the settlement, as well as some fragmentary residential remains. An array of two pairs of lena...
The Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Saint Anastasia Farmakolytria, is located at the 32nd kilometer of the Thessaloniki-Polygyros provincial road. It is built on the southern foothills of Mount Omvrianos, which rises above the plain of Vasilika. According to tradition, the Monastery was founded at the end of the 9th century by Empress Theofano, first wife of Emperor Leo...
