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ARMOLIA (Village) CHIOS
The Castle is is large and striking. It is built at the hilltop and
maintains an altitude of 220meters; this is one of the highest altitudes evident
in the southern region of Chios.
Its position is such that one can visually inspect the Kalamoti
and Armolia plains as well as the Komi
seashores.
The Apolichnon Castle is one of the most well-preserved castles on
the island whilst its size and numerous interior rooms cannot help but be impressive.
A Genoan, Nicholas Ioustiniani, built the oblong shaped Castle in
1440. The walls were twice as thick and they had small defense towers. Its interior
exhibited water dams and 62 rooms.
As we stroll through the Castle, we can see the remaining ruins of
the rooms, remnants of the defense towers with the loopholes found on the east
and west sides. They also appear within a large area of the well-maintained south
wall that is also relatively high.
There is a defense wall, shorter in height, located outside the interior
wall at a relatively large distance. It was obviously constructed to impede invaders,
since they were afforded easy access from the flat slope and the absence of this
wall.
The north side, on the other hand, is much more difficult to access
due to the rocky cliff. There are large arch-shaped windows on the northeast tower,
which may have been utilized for entry with rope ladders, as was common practice
in those days.
(text: Giannis Makridakis)
This text is cited December 2003 from the Prefecture
of Chios tourist pamphlet (2003).
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