Leros- Town and Castle

Department Archive
Collection Byzantine Research Fund
Reference No. BRF/02/01/16/016
Level Item
Place Agia Marina Kastro
Leros Island
Dates 1902-1923
Donor/Creator Wace, Mr Alan John Bayard
Scope and Content Distant view from town below. Annotation in pencil on back of photo Hellenic Society photograph (H.S. 2877)
Further information The Byzantine castle of Leros was founded on the ruins of the ancient acropolis in the 7th c. The fortress was restored and completed during the Venetian occupation on the island. Worth noting are the Byzantine churches located inside the castle.
Related records [BSA SPHS 01/1059.2877], Leros, Ayia Marina: Kastro [castle], 1906