Anavatos
Anavatos (Greek: Ανάβατος) is a medieval, now abandoned, village on the Greek island of Chios, 16 km from Chios (town).
A view
Created in the Byzantine era, probably by workers of the Nea Moni of Chios, the village is abandoned since the Massacre of Chios in 1822 and the earthquake of 1881.
Above the village stands the medieval fortress.
Sources
gollark: The aso one looks really cool.
gollark: Neat, one of each seems to have grown now.
gollark: Huh, they're "aqulio". I don't think anyone got that.
gollark: I wonder why it was down, anyway.
gollark: My egg still exists, so it probably wasn't a maintenance downtime for the eggs to be removed.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.