Mesta lies on the southwest part of Chios, 35 kilometers away from the capital, in small treeless valleys far from the sea, on the wider expanse of Mastichoria (gr. – “Mastixochoria” means “villages that produce mastic”). Its harbor is four kilometers away from the village, because for protection reasons Mesta was not built directley next to the sea. This village-castle remains perfectly preserved since the Byzantine period and it has been designated as a listed monument. The unity of the houses’ walls and structures in the periphery obviously functioned as a strong fortification wall. It is the best conserved and […]