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Mesta - The Ring Road, the Walls, the Tower.
StefanosS Says: The visitor should leave his own transport outside the village. The roads reaching the village meet the Ring Road of the castle. If one follows the Ring Road, he will reach the point from which he started. The houses on the outer side of the Ring Road are modern. Across the...
Mesta - The Central Square and Old Taxiarchis
StefanosS Says: The square is a refreshing shelter after an exhausting summer day. The houses of the village and especially those forming the Wall do not provide any open space or gardens and there are cases where the boundaries of two neighbouring houses can be hardly distinguished. So the...
Mesta - The Gate and the Tower of Militas
StefanosS Says: Following the Ring Road one reaches the Gateway of the castle named by the natives as "door of the Captain" (it derives from the Italian word "capitano"). The monoliths of which it consists are remarkable as well as the iron door that remains in an excellent condition. The...
StefanosS Says: The central church of today is also dedicated to "Taxiarches", the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. It is usually called "The Big Taxiarchis" as to be distinguished from the other older church.It dominates the central square, where the central circular tower of the village...
StefanosS Says: The central tower received all visual messages sent from "Merovigli" (=the watchtower of the daytime), on the peak of the highest mountain of the area, and motivated the whole system of defence. If the enemies took the outer castle, they would have to fight hard again so as...
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The central tower received all visual messages sent from "Merovigli" (=the watchtower of the daytime), on the peak of the highest mountain of the area, and...
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Mesta - Chios island - A medieval village
Mesta is the best preserved of the fortified medieval villages on Chios island, 35 km southwest of the capital, in the area of Mastichochoria (meaning the "mastic villages"). It is a wonderful village...
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