Mavrolofos. Ζavarnikeia.
Amphipolis.
MACEDONIA
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56. Mavrolofos
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Ζavarnikeia.
The Zavarnikeia site is located 1.5 km SE of the modern settle-
ment and has been known from written sources as Avarnikeia
since 1080. A Late Byzantine chapel and a tower have been
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Amphipolis.
This Early Christian city, an episcopal see until the 7th c., oc-
cupies the top of an earlier citadel. Its fortifications, in the shape
of an irregular trapezoid, date from the 5th or 6th c. Within the
fortifications a transverse wall, dating from the late 6th c. to the
late 7th c., with a five-sided tower, was constructed on the W
section of Basilica A and restricted the size of the city. Inside
57. Amphipolis, basilica B, mosaic (Αμφίπολη, βασιλική Β’, ψηφιδωτό)
assumed that a tower, possibly of the mid-14th c., was in its vi-
cinity. Remains of two three-aisled Early Christian basilicas with
narthex are preserved (Aghia Marina and Aghia Paraskevi), as
well as a small, aisleless Byzantine church that has undergone
effective repairs.
excavated here. The tower was quadrilateral with perimetric
buttresses and probably dates from the mid-14th c.
