The castle of Apolichnon by Antonis Deligiannis, on Flickr

Northwest of village Armolia on top of a 220 metres hill dominates the castle of Apolichnon, built in 1440 by the Genoan Nicolo Banca Ioustiniani, which can be validated by the latin inscriptions and the blazon on the lintel of the castle's entrance. Thanks to it's dominating position, the plains of Kalamoti and Armolia villages had been opticaly controlled, but also the sea area of Komi. The castle, alongside the Viglas ( watchtowers ) cosisted as a part of the Genoese inspired defence system for Chios island, in which was applied extensive use of smoke signals during the day and fire signals during the night.

Interesting to see these ancient traces remaining.

Hello there tonydeli7. Good day and thank you for posting this fantastic photo you have captured. Great shot and keep flying. .

Wow, Apolichnon castle was built (almost) six hundred years ago. Imagine an oracle predicting "In the future a remotely controlled mechanical bird will fly over your castle. The bird will take pictures using only 1s and 0s as tools and these pictures will be seen in places all over the world!"
Great shot!

Great Shot    

Remarkable capture.    Quite the history behind that castle.  

TaBarang Posted at 6-8 23:24
Wow, Apolichnon castle was built (almost) six hundred years ago. Imagine an oracle predicting "In the future a remotely controlled mechanical bird will fly over your castle. The bird will take pictures using only 1s and 0s as tools and these pictures will be seen in places all over the world!"
Great shot!

My thought exactly…! Like when I touched the bottom rock of the Roman Aqueduct,I immediately thought about the guys that put it there and how many people have touched it in the past,and now me flying a 600gr flying camera taking photos of it..

Impressive photo!

Montfrooij Posted at 6-10 07:15
Impressive photo!

Thank you!

tonydeli7 Posted at 6-10 10:46
Thank you!

You're welcome!

Great shot!

Great aerial photo