Kastro (Thasos)

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The place Kastro ( Greek Κάστρο , also Castro ) is located in the center of the island of Thasos on a high plateau (470-500 m. Above sea ​​level ) northwest of Theologos . According to the 2011 Greek census, Kastro still has nine residents.

The settlement was first mentioned in 1434 in connection with the establishment of a fortress (acropolis) there under the rule of the Genoese Dorino I Gattilusio by his island administrator Umberto Grimaldi . During the centuries of pirate incursions, Kastro became one of the places of refuge in the interior of the island for the population from the coastal settlements. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, a large number of Greeks came to the island, mostly settling in Theologos and Kastro.

Under Ottoman administration, the place appears in 1519 under the name '' Jenichisar '' 'in Greek Γενίχισαρ ). Due to its remote and inhospitable location, it remained a poor settlement with only 60 houses in 1856. In addition to the Athanasios chapel with the walled-in coat of arms of Gattilusio, there is the old ossuary of the village on the acropolis rock .

At the end of the 19th century, the inhabitants of the medieval mountain village founded the place Kalyvia and the coastal town Limenaria and returned to the southern coast of the island. The buildings on the plateau fell into disrepair, but have been rebuilt and restored since the 1960s.

  • Beginning of reconstruction in Kastro (1956)

  • Decay and reconstruction in Kastro (1956)

  • Hunting party in Kastro (1956)

  • Resurrected Kastro Settlement (1989)

  • Burned forest near Kastro

literature

  • Sotiris Ierakoudis: Ιστορία της Θάσος , Astris / Thasos, 2005

Web links

Commons : Kastro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
  2. ↑ Georges Perrot : Memoire de l'ile de Thasos (Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires; Vol. 1). Imprierie Impériale, Paris 1864, p. 70.

Coordinates: 40 ° 40 ′ 12 ″  N , 24 ° 39 ′ 20 ″  E