Just before the entrance of the village is this tower-like edifice; it was the ancient method of transmitting messages through a complicated system of lighting torches on hillocks very far from one another.
It’s the biggest and most recently built church of Iria. Where the church stands there used to be a smaller, quite old church, which the elderly still remember.
It’s at the entrance of the village, next to the ruins of a tower; it’s one of the oldest churches of Argolida, of Byzantine architecture, probably dating from the 14th century.
the two towers of Xenaga and Tsilimika in the area of Xydeika. You should also take a walk to the small villages Katsigianneika and Karnezeika. You will be thrilled by the change of scenery and by the gorgeous forests abounding ...
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