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Leros Castle: The Paleokastro in Xirokambos of Leros, Dodecanese |
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 The Paleokastro in Xilokambos: Xirokambos is an old seaside village and a small settlement. The oldest castle in the history of Leros is the castle of Lepida (Paleokastro) found above Xirokambos. Paliokastro or Kastro ton Lepidon, as it is also known, lies at the far end of the village and at the top of a hill, 70 meters above the ground. Older than the Kastro tis Panagias in Agia Marina, this castle is built on the ruins of an ancient acropolis, dating from 2,500 B.C. Inside the Paleokastro, the church of Panagia, which was built in the 4th Century AD, used to stand.
Today one can see its forecourt and a half destroyed mosaic. According to archeologists the walls to the north-east are cyclopean. The reason given is that the stones are square and each one weighs about 500 kilos. |
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