The Roman tank, one of the best preserved monuments of Karpathos, is located in Lefko on the southwest coast of the island. The area, although it has not been systematically researched, is of special archaeological interest and preserves antiquities from all historical periods.
The underground tank is carved into the rock and consists of a central rectangular room measuring 4X9 m with three rows of pillars. Four rows of rectangular slabs form its roof. Inside the hall leads a ladder to its southwest corner. A total of seven blind arcades with a vaulted roof open in the northern narrow and on its eastern long side. Their interior walls and ceiling, like the walls of the central hall, are plastered with a thick layer of hydraulic mortar.
The tank, which has also been considered a tomb or granary, probably dates back to Roman times.
To the east of Lefkos beach and a short distance southwest of the Roman reservoir, at the Pelekitos site, traces of an ancient quarry are evident. Later (probably during Roman times) rectangular rooms and tanks were formed in part of it. Similar antiquities, such as rooms built or carved into the rock, an underground carved structure, perhaps a tank, are also preserved at the site of Pizez, approximately 500 m further north.
Similar antiquities, such as rooms built or carved into the rock, an underground carved structure, perhaps a tank, are also preserved at the site of Pizez, approximately 500 m further north.
On a rocky hill above the Byzantine church of Agios Georgios, overlooking the western shores of the island, there is a tower, built with rectangular and trapezoidal buildings, from the classical or Hellenistic era, and underground carved cisterns near it.
Source: MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORTS
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