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ΜΥΛΟΙ (Χωριό) ΚΑΡΥΣΤΟΣ
Βόρεια της Καρύστου, αποτελούσε μέχρι το 1848, με Δημογεροντία, την πρωτεύουσα της περιοχής. Μισογκρεμισμένους νερόμυλους συναντάμε σε σημεία του χωριού, το οποίο διασχίζουν τρεχούμενα νερά και καλύπτουν πανύψηλα πλατάνια. Στο μέσο του χωριού βρίσκεται το κεφαλόβρυσο Αργασταράς, πηγή νερού, έμπνευσης στίχων και τραγουδιών συνάμα. Από εδώ ξεκινήστε την περιήγηση στα ξωκκλήσια των γύρω λόφων ή πάρτε το μονοπάτι, που ξεκινά από το Μακρώνα και οδηγεί στο Τσουκάλι, στις Κολόνες και στο Καταφύγιο της Οχης. Μπορείτε επίσης να επισκεφθείτε, το Castello Rosso (Κοκκινόκαστρο), το μοναστήρι της Αγίας Μαύρας και το κτήμα Μοντοφώλι, όπου σε ένα πρότυπο αμπελώνα καλλιεργούνται ποικιλίες αιγαιοπελαγίτικες και παράγεται το γλυκό κρασί «Κτήμα Μοντοφώλι».
Το κείμενο παρατίθεται τον Δεκέμβριο 2002 από τουριστικό φυλλάδιο του Δήμου Καρύστου
ΟΧΗ (Βουνό) ΚΑΡΥΣΤΙΑ
This is the site of perhaps the best known of a series of stone-built
structures first recognized in the rugged country of S Euboia, where peasants
call them Drakospitia (Spitia or Sentia tou Drakou). Frequently mentioned in the
reports of 19th c. travelers, these structures have certain architectural characteristics
in common. All are built of a local gray-green schist which readily splits into
flattish slabs that were laid (without mortar) in basically horizontal courses,
sometimes with indications of polygonal masonry and stacking. There is very little
evidence of the use of wood in the construction; even the floors and roofs were
of stone. The latter are particularly interesting since, when sufficiently preserved,
they reflect the use of corbeling.
Although some 40 Dragon Houses have been reported, the best known
examples are three in the neighborhood of Styra and one on Mt. Ocha. The latter
is located near the crest of the mountain, some 1,400 m above sea level, and can
be reached only after a difficult climb from Karystos (preferably in the company
of a guide). It is a simple one-roomed structure (interior dimensions: ca. 5 x
10 m), entered by means of a single door in one (S) of the long sides. Two small
windows flank the door. Although some of the earliest visitors mention an altar
or offering table, there are no extant indications of special features inside
the building. It is not certain whether the roof was entirely corbeled or only
partially so, thus leaving a small opening through which smoke could escape.
No excavation had been carried out at any of these sites until 1959,
when a small investigation was conducted in the Dragon House on Mt. Ocha. The
results indicate that the building itself had been used at least in Classical
and Hellenistic times and the site had been frequented at least since the archaic
period. There is no evidence of prehistoric occupation. The finds tend to support
the early theories attaching a religious significance to this building, but no
concrete evidence of the deity (or deities) worshiped here has yet been reported.
In spite of the new information about the date and function of the
Dragon House on Mt. Ocha, there is no reason to assume that all structures of
this type in S Euboia ought to be regarded similarly. It is quite possible that
some served no religious purpose at all and were nothing more than dwellings.
(Those near the marble quarries of Styra, for example, may have been merely quarters
for the officials or laborers in the quarries.) Nor is it necessary to regard
all of them as of similar date, for village houses in the neighborhood are still
being made of the same materials today. Although their architectural style has
been termed Dryopian after the name of the early inhabitants of the region, it
should perhaps be noted that structures of comparable style can be found in geologically
related areas elsewhere, e.g., Andros, Tenos, Keos, and Mt. Hymettos in Attica.
This suggests that local building materials played a more important role in the
resulting architecture than has usually been recognized.
T. W. Jacobsen, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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