Xirokastrini

settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD

A ruined Hellenistic wall-and-tower site (with subsequent additions) on the Xirokastrini hill between modern Kalloni and Parakoila on the island of Lesbos is possibly to be identified with the attested ancient settlement of Issa.

Coordinates

39.20711, 26.13147

Also known as

Issa, Xirokastrini, Xerokastrine (el)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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