Greek island SERIFOS: Ancient Watchtower (4th cent BC) #travel #greekislands

Historic Marble White Tower in the Greek island of Serifos. Let's travel to Greece and let's visit the beautiful Greek island of Serifos. We will around the White Tower Serifos which is a impressive ancient marble watchtower on Serifos Island, Greece. This Hellenistic marble watchtower with walls preserved to 2 m. and an interior staircase, standing on a hilltop just east of the road from Chora to Mega Livadi.
The ruins of a marble circular tower, known as the White Tower, are perched on the southwest and most metalliferous part of Serifos, high on the rocky ridge of the island’s hillsides. A robust construction with strong foundations, it used to have many storeys, an internal staircase and a monumental gate on the ground floor.
As evidenced by the mobile finds and testified by its masonry, the White Tower was built in the 4th cent. BC and remained in use until the 7th cent. AD. The tower’s construction features, together with its commanding position, which allows oversight of land and sea, indicate a defensive nature and function as a watchtower, signal station, guard post, or a refuge in time of need.
When the tower collapsed a large part of its structural material fell into its interior and scattered around it. Many stones suffered partial or total breakage while the structural balance in the remaining section was disturbed. To deal with the damage, the pathology was recorded with the aid of photographs and drawings, a specialist Conservation-Consolidation study was carried out and the required works were then implemented.
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