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The medieval islet-fort of Sokastro, Karpathos
The small fortified islet of Sokastro is lying about a hundred metres north of Leukos bay. It preserves a great number of cisterns of different types, including three big communal cisterns, as well as houses and cellars; a small church and at least one pottery kiln and one iron furnace; a follis of c. 720 was also reported. The pottery scatter suggests that the fortified settlement had a major pha…
Subject
- Archaeology
- Byzantine art
- Byzantine art
- Archaeology
- Byzantine (culture and style)
Type of item
- fortresses
- cisterns (plumbing components)
Medium
- Rubble
- rubble
Subject
- Archaeology
- Byzantine art
- Byzantine art
- Archaeology
- Byzantine (culture and style)
Type of item
- fortresses
- cisterns (plumbing components)
Medium
- Rubble
- rubble
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- Open University of Cyprus
Temporal
- 4th-7th c. AD (Early Byzantine Period)
- 8th-12th c. AD (Middle Byzantine Period)
- 13th-15th c. AD (Late Byzantine Period)
Current location
- Nisída Esókastro
Identifier
- #5780
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-26T15:32:41.613Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-11-22T21:51:38.574Z