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1996 – Kolitsoú: the tower of Kaletzi or Collegio
In this post from february 2015 I described all information that I could find on the internet about this extraordinary tower, that stands alone on the hill above the Rumenian Kolitsou settlement. It is one of the few Katholic (besides the … Continue reading
1874 – The coastal tower near Paulou
The coastal tower and ruins in 1853 with on the right the monastery of Paulou and on the left the southern slope of the mountain itself. In front, part of an arch is visible, nowadays gone. From a slightly different … Continue reading
1836 – Ouranoupolis in the rain
When arriving at Makedonia airport in september 2015 it was raining very hard. Water flowed through the streets of Thessaloniki. But we safely reached the busstation by taxi and took the bus to Ouranoupolis, the town in Chalkidiki were … Continue reading
1824 – Coastal towers along the monopati to Iviron (day three, final leg)
We left Stavonikita a bit against our will. We would have loved to stay a candlelit night here. But it was full so we made a reservation for Iviron, the next stop. A last view of the well restored Monastery … Continue reading
1817 – book: Joice NanKivell Loch – A Fringe of Blue
In the small ‘library’of our summer holiday resort ‘Skitis Hotel-Bungalows’ I found this book of the wife of Sidney Loch, Joice NanKivell Loch, who lived in the tower until her death in 1981. The book is called “A fringe of blue … Continue reading
1681 – Renovations near Paulou
This is the monastery of Paulou situated at the foot of Mt. Athos. The tower near the beach is a defense tower probably from the Byzantine period. This photograph was taken a few years ago. The situation has changed since … Continue reading
1677 – A man in Dionysiou 1941
In 1941 a German scientific expedision visited Athos. Prof Dr Dölger and his team did a lot of research and made a lot of photographs. Many of them published in his book Mönchsland Athos. New images, some of them not to … Continue reading
1675 – the Tower of Kaletzi: another Latin monastery on Athos (at Kolitsou or Colciu)?
We all know that today 20 monasteries exist on the Holy Mountain. But we also have information and proof that there used to be more monasteries. Most people who visited Athos have been to the Zygou monastery near the border, … Continue reading
1504 – a visit to the Milutin tower
During my visit in September 2013 I had the opportunity to pay a visit to this tower, build in 1300/1302 by Milutin, the younger son of the Serbian king Stefan Urosh I. The tower is build to defend the Serbian Chilandar … Continue reading
1364 – The Tower near Paulou
This old tower is located on the beach near the monastery of Paulou (on the right). From here it is still a half hour walk to the monastery. In 2011 we stayed the night at Paulou to rise early in … Continue reading
