Medieval traces in Aegean 3i

Medieval traces in Aegean 3i

Greece
Aegean Sea
island of Chios (for more information please refer to the previous photos in the series. Thank you very much).

After a long period of Byzantine ocuppation(395 t0 1300) authority in the island was ceded to the Republic of Venice and eventually to that of Genoa an authority lasting till 1566 when the island was invaded by the Ottomans.
The Genoese, being interested rather in profit than conquest, maintained light control over the local population allowing full religious freedom and running many of the island trades as grain, wine, oil and cloth jointly with the locals. They were more interested and thus took entirely in their hands the main and famous tree product of Chios, the mastische together with alum, salt and pitch. They cooperated nicely with the Greek experienced sea merchants preserving many of their priviledges assigning also them in their fleets. That's why the traces of Genowese occupation are quite evident all around the island especially their style of architecture,

The town of Pyrgi.
In the photo the town of Pyrgi another medieval establishment nicely preserved.