Paliovoros (Byzantine tower)

The hill in front of us, where the medieval tower can be seen, is Paliovoros.

Apparently the word comes from the word “voros” which means vulture. The area used to be full of vultures. The study of the tower was carried out by Dr P. Lock. It was thought to be medieval, although some unique features in its architecture, for example a built-in fireplace, symbolise a very likely Turkish structure.

The finds (mainly pottery sherds) suggest that the monument dates to the Paleologian period, while a few clues tell us that it may have been inhabited in antiquity. The tower with dimensions of 8,70 x 5,3 and a height of 7 metres was built with stones and lime mortar and founded directly on the natural rock. It had the ground floor and two floors and the entrance was on the first floor, almost 2 meters higher than the ground surface, where it was climbed with a wind ladder. During the Frankish rule it was the residence of a mayor, a Frankish feudal lord.