Dafni, Evrotas, Laconia,Peloponnese
Paliopyrgos of Dafni
| Location: |
| In a hilly area 2 km NW of the village Dafni in Peloponnese, south of Sparta |
| Region > Prefecture: |  |
| Peloponnese Laconia | |
| Municipality > Town: | |
| City of Evrotas • Dafni | |
| Altitude: | |
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Elevation ≈ 265 m (Relative Height≈30 m) |
| Time of Construction | Origin | |
| 14th or 15th cent. | Late-BYZANTINE  |
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| Castle Type | Condition | |
| Tower |
Rather Poor
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A ruined tower north-west from the village of Dafni in Laconia and west from the medieval settlement of Lykovouno.
Next to the tower there was a church of Agia Sofia from which only a few parts remain. Based on the construction, the two monuments must have been built in the late Byzantine period (14th or 15th century.
| First entry in Kastrologos: | May 2014 | Last update of info and text: | September 2020 | Last addition of photo/video: | September 2020 |
Sources
- Info and photos from the website ΔΑΦΝΙ ΛΑΚΩΝΙΑΣ - Παλιόπυργος
- Αρχαιολογικό Δελτίο, issue 55-B1, 2000, page 255
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| Access |
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| Approach to the monument: |
| Behind the stadium of Daphni begins a dirt road that after almost 2km reaches a point where we walk up an uphill branch on the left and find the hill of the tower in front of us, but fenced. |
| Entrance: |
| Access to the tower is not possible due to fencing (which was placed to discourage treasure hunters). The tower is visible from some distance, from neighboring hills. |