Exomvourgo
| Exomvourgo | |
|---|---|
| Exobourgo, Xobourgo | |
Exomvourgo in 2010
|
|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 641 m |
| Coordinates | 37°34′38″N 25°10′3″E / 37.57722°N 25.16750°ECoordinates: 37°34′38″N 25°10′3″E / 37.57722°N 25.16750°E |
| Geography | |
 Exomvourgo
|
|
| Location | Tinos |
Exomvourgo or Exobourgo (Greek: Εξώμβουργο/Εξώμπουργκο) is a mountain on the island of Tinos. It has a rugged appearance, unlike the other mountains in the Cyclades and is the site of a ruined Venetian fortress and town.
Exomvourgo is not the highest mountain on the island—that is Tsiknias—but is in a central location ringed by a large number of small villages such as Tripotamos and Falatados and can be climbed from several of these. The walk up from Iera Kardia Iisou takes around 20 minutes. The former Exomvourgos municipality shares its name with the mountain.
Remains dating from the Copper Age have been found near Exomvourgo and Geometric period and 5-6th century BC remains have been found at archaeological excavations at mountain's southern foot including a temple of Demeter. A large wall from an Ionian town dating from 1100 BC is sited southwest of Exomvourgo. In the fourth century BC the island's administrative centre moved back from Exomvourgo to the coast.
Under Byzantine rule a fortress, later named by the Venetians Castello di Santa Elena after a chapel on the summit, was built on the mountain and Exomvourgo functioned as the island's capital.
The mountain was the site of a fortress and town functioning as the administrative centre of the island from 1207 when the island, along with Andros, Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros became a fiefdom of the Venetian brothers Jeremie and Andre Ghisi following the partition of the Byzantine Empire after the fall of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
...
Wikipedia