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MOCHLOS (Village) LASSITHI
Mochlos is a small fishing village between Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.
It is one of the few parts of the coast accessible in this region, but even then
only after travelling over 6km of dirt roads. The easiest entrance is from Sfaka
30km from Sitia and 40km from Agios Nikolaos on the main road. Mochlos has extensive
Minoan remains.
MOCHLOS (Small island) SITIA
The main visible remains of the post-Minoan occupation of the island
are the walls and towers of a fortified position situated on the summit. Along
the edge of the cliffs on the N side a wall can be traced with a tower at either
end and a larger central one. From the W tower a curtain wall descended to the
shore on the S side of the island--the only suitable landing place on the island.
A similar wall presumably ran S from the E tower as well. Mochlos' importance
in the Roman period, as in the Bronze Age, would have been as a good harbor. By
the Roman period the spit of land connecting the rocky promontory to the mainland
had subsided and the island had been formed, but the water on either side would
still have been protected from the worst effects of the winds. Traces of harbor
works noted by Plato would certainly belong to the Roman period.
K. Branigan, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Sep 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains 10 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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