Church on Old National Road.
Myrkinos. Caesaropolis.
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Church on Old National Road.
At the point where the old Kavala-Thessaloniki national road
intersects with the road to Serres, on the road to ancient Am-
phipolis, a simple, tetrastyle cross-in-square church, dating
from the 11th or 12th c., has been excavated. It was destroyed
and abandoned circa the mid-13th c. It features remains of wall-
paintings, possibly of the second half of the 12th c.
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Marmarion.
Byzantine settlement close to the bridge over the river Strymon
in the vicinity of ancient Amphipolis, known since the 11th c. The
guesthouse of the monastery of Petritzonitissa (Bachkovo) was
located here. On a low slope next to the Strymon river, almost at
the edge of Amphipolis, stands a tower surrounded by a small
enclosure, built by brothers Alexios and Ioannis in 1367, and
owned by the Pantokrator monastery on Mount Athos. The tower
is quadrilateral with four storeys. The towers at Marmarion and
Chandax controlled the passage over the river Strymon.
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Chandax.
On the west bank of the river Strymon, opposite the Marmarion
tower, lies Chandax, a Byzantine settlement, owned since 1342
by the Zographou monastery. The Chandax tower dates from
the mid-14th c. and was probably also owned by the monas-
tery. Its N protected by an enclosure, it is a square tower with
perimetric buttresses and had at least three storeys.
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Eukarpia
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To chorion tou Koutzi.
At close proximity to the village of Eukarpia, referred to as “to
chorion tou Koutzi” (the estate of Koutzis) in Byzantine docu-
ments, approximately 4 km NW of the Chandax tower, lie the re-
mains of another tower, quadrilateral with perimetric buttresses
and probably of three storeys. The tower of Eukarpia possibly
dates from the mid-14th c.
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Myrkinos. Caesaropolis
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At the administrative boundaries of the local community of
Draviskos, at the site of Yilan Kale or Koule, a settlement is lo-
cated with a lifespan extending from before Roman rule to the
60. Marmarion, tower (Μαρμάριον, πύργος)
59. Church on the Old National Road, ground plan (Εκκλησία στην
παλαιά Εθνική Οδό, κάτοψη)
