Mavrothalassa. To chorion tou Eunouchou.
Zygou Μonastery.
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66. Ouranoupolis, tower of Prosphorios (Ουρανούπολη, πύργος του
Προσφορίου)
65. Daphne, tower of
Maro, ground plan
(Δάφνη, πύργος της
Μάρως, κάτοψη)
65. Daphne,
tower of Aghia
Marina, ground
plan (Δάφνη,
πύργος της
Αγίας Μαρίνας,
κάτοψη)
Late Byzantine period. According to one opinion, the Byzantine
city was founded by Caesar Alexios Mosele (circa 820-30). In
the vicinity there were properties owned by the monastery of
Petritzonitissa (Bachkovo). Byzantine architectural sculptures
have been collected from the site.
64.
Mavrothalassa
.
To chorion tou Eunouchou.
In the vicinity there used to be a Byzantine settlement, referred
to in documents as “to chorion tou Eunouchou” (the estate of
the Eunuch), which belonged to the Chelandari monastery on
Mount Athos. At the edge of the modern settlement the remains
of a tower used to be preserved.
65.
Daphne
.
Ezevai.
This settlement, 3 km S of Daphne, was known from the 11th
c. by the name Ezevai: it was attested to as the Mid-Byzantine
see of Ezevai. The name survives as Eziova. This area, along
with other neighbouring territory, was passed from Mehmed II
the Conqueror (r. 1451-1481) to Mara or Maro, daughter of the
Serbian despot George Brankovi
ć
, and wife to Murad II (r. 1421-
1451) from 1435. The quadrilateral tower of Maro, inside the
modern village, was built in the 14th-15th c., perhaps in the third
quarter of the 15th c., when the area was transferred to Mara. The
tower of Aghia Marina, quadrilateral with perimetric buttresses, is
situated 1 kmNW of Daphne. Close to the tower is the hermitage
of Aghia Marina, excavated out of the rock (in documents of the
11th c. it is referred to as Theotokos of the Cave), a metochion
of the Iveron monastery since the 11th c. The ruins of a Mid-
Byzantine fortress are preserved 3 km SW of Daphne.
66.
Ouranoupolis.
The so-called tower of Prosphorios was constructed in the
second quarter of the 14th c. in Ouranoupolis and is pre-
served with subsequent alterations as the metochion of the
Vatopedi monastery.
67.
Zygou Μonastery.
At a short distance from the present-day boundary of Mount
Athos, at the Frangokastro site, the remains of the Zygou mon-
astery have been excavated. The monastery flourished in the
11th c. but had been abandoned before the late 12th c. due
to its vulnerable location. Within the robust, fortified walls rem-
