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Kastri

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: fortification, extant remains

The fortified settlement of Kastri near Chalandriani on the Cycladic island of Syros is an important Early Cycladic II site. This fortified hill-top settlement is a very early example of a site in the Aegean with a fortification wall reinforced by means of stone bastions.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/30347987

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.4906762658, 24.9342112463

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Kastri (3000 BC - 2000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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None

Kastri makes connections with:

Kastri part of (physical/topographic) Syros (island) (unspecified date range)

Kastri receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Kastri: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/30347987> [accessed: 25 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/30347987 |title=Places: 30347987 (Kastri) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 25, 2025 2:47 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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