Monastery of St. George Arma Ancient and early Christian architectural elements built into the Byzantine church of the monastery. Near the monastery (Argyrou site), remains of an ancient cemetery that was also used in early Christian times. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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Psahna At the site of Varka, in the fertile plain of Psachna, a seaside settlement of the latest Neolithic era (5300 - 4300 BC) was found. In the wider area, surface finds from the Mycenaean era. Early Christian sculptures (5th century AD) built into the Byzantine church of the Monastery of Agios
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Pissonas Near the church of Agios Georgios, remains of a building with a mosaic floor. It is part of an ecclesiastical complex (6th century). Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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Manika Extensive city and cemetery of the early Bronze Age (2500 - 2000 BC), in a fertile and strategic point of the Euboean Gulf. Small parts of the city have been excavated, which had a relatively regular urban plan, with streets, cobbled open spaces and houses with courtyards and wells. Two
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Chalkis Traces of settlement from the early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC). Mycenaean cemeteries of chambered tombs from the period 1600 - 1200 BC. The city is mentioned by Homer in the list of ships that took part in the Trojan campaign. It was founded around 800 BC. with the settlement of
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Lefkanti It is located in a strategic and fertile point of the southern Euboean gulf, between Chalkida and Eretria. On the coastal hill of Xeropolis, the successive residential phases date from the late Neolithic era to the 7th century BC. Important is the phase of the last Mycenaean years (1200 -
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Eretria Remains of habitation from the Neolithic to the Mycenaean era (4th - 2nd millennium BC) were found in the acropolis and the market of the ancient city. The location of the protohistoric Eretria (1100 - 750/700 BC) has been sought in the wider area of today's Eretria and by some researchers
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Vathia / Amarynthos Acropolis on the Euboean Gulf, which was inhabited throughout the Bronze Age, mainly in the Middle Helladic and Early Mycenaean periods (2000 - 1500 BC). The name of the city is mentioned on Linear B tablets from Thebes. The city had a natural harbor and was inhabited from
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Skotini Tharounia Cave It is located in central Evia. The cave was inhabited during the latest and final Neolithic (5300 - 3700 BC), while the adjacent settlement and the cemetery of box-shaped tombs belong to the next phase. Lots of storage vessels, fine pottery, figurines, bronze and stone tools.
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Katakalou Aliveri Mycenaean vaulted tomb (16th - 12th century BC), the only one in Evia that is preserved in good condition. It is built with stones of small dimensions and has a small road and a circular chamber. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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Neochori Southwest of the current village there is a fortified site with many visible ruins, but it has not been identified with any specific city. Stairs carved into the rock lead to the citadel. House foundations were excavated inside. Various architectural members are scattered throughout the
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Avlonari Near the settlement of Itea Avlonari, buildings and a temple pavilion of the 4th century were excavated. BC, which was identified with the temple of Apollo in Tamynes. The mobile finds in the area date from the geometric years (9th - 8th century BC) to the early Christian era. Editor:
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Kymi Nineteen bronze talents from the Mycenaean era (15th - 13th centuries BC) are an accidental marine find off the coast of Kymi. Pure copper talents were a stable medium of trade during the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean (Athens Numismatic Museum). A very important settlement of the
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Edipsos The thermal springs of Edipsos are mentioned for the first time in the 4th century BC and were related to the cult of Heracles. Particularly popular place for spa therapy and recreation, especially in the Roman period (1st century BC to 2nd century AD). The ancient city is located in the
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Rovies / Orovies The ancient city was probably located on the hill of Agios Ilias, in the NW. of Rovia, where ruins of classical buildings were found. Scattered relics are also found along the beach in the direction of Edipsos. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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Limni This is where the ancient Elymnion is located, which was destroyed in 427 BC. from an earthquake and was re-inhabited only in the late Hellenistic times (2nd - 1st century BC). In 890 it was plundered by pirates and deserted. Port of local importance. Remains of a secular building (5th - 6th
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Mantoudi / Kirinthos Pelasgian city mentioned in the Iliad. It is located on a rocky hill, 5 km north of the village of Mantoudi, at the end of Peleki bay, where the Voudoros river flows. On the steep acropolis on the hill of Agios Ilias, parts of the archaic enclosure (6th century BC), the
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Oreoi In the acropolis of ancient Istiaea (or Oreon) were found remains of a Bronze Age (3rd - 2nd millennium BC) settlement. The city of historical times was founded by Aeolians and is mentioned in the Iliad. It briefly fell to the Persians, but after the "Persians" it joined the First Athenian
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Dystos It was founded by Dryopes in the interior of southern Evia, in a marshy lowland area surrounded by mountains. Several well-preserved remains of the ancient city survive on the slopes of a conical hill, 20 km SE. of Aliveri. The eastern leg of the classical wall with a monumental gate is
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Styra Dryopic city mentioned in the Iliad. Near the village of Nea Styra, in the area of the Venetian castle of Larmena, an acropolis with remains of fortifications from the classical and Hellenistic times. Traces of an ancient pier from the port of the city, to the W. below the hill. Adjacent
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Filagra 2 km NE. of the village of Giannitsi, the steep hill of Filagra (Akrotiri) dominates the beach. The fortification wall of large slates with two towers and bastions surrounds the southern and eastern sides of the hill. Traces of slag testify to the existence of a mine in the area. Editor:
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"Dragon House" of Ochi It is located on a plateau below the peak of Neraida tis Ochi (altitude 1400 m.), near the chapel of Prophet Ilias. It has a rectangular floor plan with large monoliths in the doorway, walls built isostructurally and is housed in the exhorbital style. Many drinking vessels
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Karystos It was founded by Dryopes during the "dark ages" (11th - 10th centuries BC). Famous was the local green marble (cipollino verde). The ancient city extended below the hill with the medieval castle (Castel Rosso), in today's Paleochora. Remains of the classical fortification are preserved in
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Kastri / Geraistos The sanctuary of Geraistios Poseidon is located on Cape Mantili, which is difficult to reach from land, next to the sheltered bay of today's Kastri settlement. The port of Geraisto offered safe anchorage to ships traveling to the East and the sanctuary was a refuge for beggars. A
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