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Τhe fortified walls of Platamonas enclose a hilltop area of ​​20 acres. The enclosure is polygonal, reinforced by towers at the angles between sides. Inside the castle a second wall surrounds the citadel, at the highest point of the hill, with an imposing central octagonal tower that rises to 16m., protected by a rampart. The tower has three floors and a basement used as a cistern for rainwater collection. Two vertical walls divide each floor into four rooms. Access to different floor levels is gained via a staircase built on the outside wall of the tower.

The arched windows and pointed lintels over the castle gates attest to its composite origin. The main gate is a square tower located on the southeast side of the outer fortifications; outside this, in the space opposite the gate, are traces of buildings belonging to a bulwark or an earlier phase. The citadel can also be accessed via a gate in the northeast section of the inner fortifications. Both typological and morphological characteristics of the walls at Platamonas, built of small irregular stones, are a combination of Byzantine, Frankish and Islamic elements.


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