Gouves, Istiaia-Aidipsos, Euboea,Central Greece
Tower of Drosinis
Location: |
On a hill inside the village Gouves of north Euboea |
Region > Prefecture: | |
Central Greece Euboea | |
Municipality > Town: | |
City of Istiaia-Aidipsos • Gouves | |
Altitude: | |
Elevation ≈ 45 m (Relative Height≈15 m) |
Time of Construction | Origin | |
early 19th cent. | OTTOMAN |
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Castle Type | Condition | |
Tower House |
Very Good
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The tower was built on a rocky hill at the center of the village. It is a two-storied building with walls 1m thick. In two opposite corners, there are two cylindrical towers which give to the mansion a very particular style.
History
The tower was built in the 1810s by the local Ottoman landlord, the notorious Ibrahim Aga. In 1831, after the establishment of the new Greek state, the aga sold his tsiflik to Greek landowners who in 1833 sold the tower to Constantine Petrokokkinos, maternal grand father of Georgios Drosinis (1859-1952) a well-known Greek poet and writer, who between 1876 and 1882, in his youth, spent some summers in the tower.
Around 1882 the tower was bought by the local priest and after him it was used by his descendants. In the last decades it was abandoned, but it has been renovated by the local municipality in 2015 and today houses a small folk-art museum.
First entry in Kastrologos: | June 2017 | Last update of info and text: | February 2022 | Last addition of photo/video: | October 2023 |
Sources
- Webpage ΟΔΥΣΣΕΥΣ - Greek ministry of Culture Drosinis Tower
- Website voriaevia - Γούβες
- Website the greek traveller - Στον Πύργο του Δροσίνη
- Ιστοσελίδα Μουσείο Γ. Δροσίνη -Ο Πύργος των Δροσίνηδων στις Γούβες Ευβοίας
- Website Ο ΚΟΣΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΥΒΟΙΑ - Ο πύργος του Δροσίνη
- Pictures from Panoramio, user Kostas Chid
- Video by the user Ιωσήφ ΠαπαδόπουλοςΟ ΠΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΔΡΟΣΙΝΗ ΣΤΙΣ ΓΟΥΒΕΣ ΕΥΒΟΙΑΣ
- Photos 1, 7, 8, 9 by G. Traveller, 2021
- Video by the user Kostas Gertzos ΠΥΡΓΟΣ ΔΡΟΣΙΝΗ, ΓΟΥΒΕΣ ΒΟΡΕΙΑ ΕΥΒΟΙΑ (DRONE). TOWER of DROSINIS, NORTH EUBOEA, GREECE.
- Video by the user G Traveller Πύργος Δροσίνη | Tower of Drosinis (June 2022)
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