Resumen de Castle of Fylla, History and Architecture
Stavros Mamaloukos, Philippos Kanatouris, Michael Miaoulis
The monuments of the Frankish period in Greece have been examined by researchers, mainly historians but also architects and archaeologists, in the context of attempts to interpret the architecture and art of this important period. The above context includes the examination of a 13th century feudal castle, in central Euboea. The castle is found on a remote steep rocky hill, 7 km south of Chalcis, east of the plain of the river Lilas at an altitude of about 160 m above sea level. At a small distance to the west of the castle the two towers of Mytikas dominate on a lower hill. The outline of the castle has the shape of an almost equilateral triangle with the three sides curved freely and following the natural configuration of the rock mainly on the west and southeast side. The general dimensions of the complex are about 50 X 60 m. The naturally fortified edge of this rock is surrounded by walls that surround an area of 1700 m2 ., and includes a large enclosure, two large two-storey buildings on the south side of the walls, two auxiliary buildings - probably barracks and warehouses - attached to the north side of the walls and a three-room vaulted tank. The castle had three entrances. The walls are 1.20 m thick at their base and continued with the same width until their top. At the top of the walls were ramparts, while behind them to the inside there was a narrow corridor (perimeter). The most interesting and undoubtedly the most impressive building of the castle is the two-storey Great Hall in the southwest corner, whose two walls are part of the castle walls, at the most extreme and naturally fortified point of the hill, at the edge of the remote rock. Despite its ruinous state the castle of Fylla is one of the best preserved castles from the period of the Latin domination in Greece.
