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"The princess tower" of Agrileza (Sounio) and its secrets
Agrileza valley, 4 km N of Sounion, high towers and ruins of large rural residences, as well as traces of the ancient marble quarries are quite well preserved. The marble of Agrilesa was white and thin - grained, but it had a light ash-coloured shade with sometimes, ash veins.It was used for the construction of the temples of Poseidon and Athena in Sounio.
THE PRINCESS TOWER -The tower, with its outbuildings, stands upon a low neck of land jutting eastward
between two branches of the lower Agrileza stream bed it is close to the great ancient
road which leads from Sounion to the north.The tower itself is circular in plan, its
outer diameter five and a half meters. It is built throughout of local marble, with
heavy blocks in courses on the outside, a lining of smaller stones within; the total
thickness of the wall is just under a meter. Although little over a meter in height is
preserved, the thickness of the wall and the remains of fallen blocks around it demand
a much greater original height. The single door faces southeast toward the sea, and
the doorposts, with carefully tooled faces and slightly drafted margins, are still inplace, while the massive lintel lies on the ground outside.In the springtime, the tower
is a favorite haunt of shepherds, who perch upon its walls to watch their flocks and; they will still tell the passing stranger tales of the little princess
who was imprisoned in this tower by her cruel father, whose Palace (the Temple of
Poseidon) lies below on the cape.
"The princess tower" of Agrileza (Sounio) and its secrets
Agrileza valley, 4 km N of Sounion, high towers and ruins of large rural residences, as well as traces of the ancient marble quarries are quite well preserved. The marble of Agrilesa was white and thin - grained, but it had a light ash-coloured shade with sometimes, ash veins.It was used for the construction of the temples of Poseidon and Athena in Sounio.
THE PRINCESS TOWER -The tower, with its outbuildings, stands upon a low neck of land jutting eastward
between two branches of the lower Agrileza stream bed it is close to the great ancient
road which leads from Sounion to the north.The tower itself is circular in plan, its
outer diameter five and a half meters. It is built throughout of local marble, with
heavy blocks in courses on the outside, a lining of smaller stones within; the total
thickness of the wall is just under a meter. Although little over a meter in height is
preserved, the thickness of the wall and the remains of fallen blocks around it demand
a much greater original height. The single door faces southeast toward the sea, and
the doorposts, with carefully tooled faces and slightly drafted margins, are still inplace, while the massive lintel lies on the ground outside.In the springtime, the tower
is a favorite haunt of shepherds, who perch upon its walls to watch their flocks and; they will still tell the passing stranger tales of the little princess
who was imprisoned in this tower by her cruel father, whose Palace (the Temple of
Poseidon) lies below on the cape.