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524 T0M15 ON PENINSULA.
masonry, which constitutes the "bridge itself, and
which apparently has been built against, not
bonded into them. The masonry is isodomous,
with blocks of a moderate size; the material
is blue limestone brought from the neighbouring
hills. The roadway over the bridge is 24' wide.
The road is continued at the same width from
either end of the bridge through a cutting in the
rock. This bridge is certainly Hellenic.0
About a mile to the south of this bridge is an
Hellenic castle, marked in the Map, now called
Koumya Kalessi. This fortress is on a rocky emi-
nence, which on the south overlooks the sea towards
Ehodes and Symi, and on the north commands the
ancient road and bridge, and the plain beyond it.
The walls are massive, with polygonal masonry. On
the south side is a very perfect gateway, in the
sides of which, at the height of about 5', are two
boles in the masonry to receive a bar. Inside the
fortress arc several buildings of the Byzantine
period, constructed with rubble and concrete ma-
sonry : one of these is a chapel. Here is also a
pear-shaped cistern. To the south of the fortress
a fertile valley stretches down to the sea, planted
with vallonea and almond-trees. On the cast side
of this valley, at the foot of the hills, is a broken
marble sarcophagus, about 10' long, with grotesque
masks at the angles. The style is very late Koman.
It appears to have been thrown down from a tomb
above, of which part of the concrete basement
e For the description of two bridges supposed to be Hellenic
see Mure's Tour in Greece, 1842, ii. p. 248.
masonry, which constitutes the "bridge itself, and
which apparently has been built against, not
bonded into them. The masonry is isodomous,
with blocks of a moderate size; the material
is blue limestone brought from the neighbouring
hills. The roadway over the bridge is 24' wide.
The road is continued at the same width from
either end of the bridge through a cutting in the
rock. This bridge is certainly Hellenic.0
About a mile to the south of this bridge is an
Hellenic castle, marked in the Map, now called
Koumya Kalessi. This fortress is on a rocky emi-
nence, which on the south overlooks the sea towards
Ehodes and Symi, and on the north commands the
ancient road and bridge, and the plain beyond it.
The walls are massive, with polygonal masonry. On
the south side is a very perfect gateway, in the
sides of which, at the height of about 5', are two
boles in the masonry to receive a bar. Inside the
fortress arc several buildings of the Byzantine
period, constructed with rubble and concrete ma-
sonry : one of these is a chapel. Here is also a
pear-shaped cistern. To the south of the fortress
a fertile valley stretches down to the sea, planted
with vallonea and almond-trees. On the cast side
of this valley, at the foot of the hills, is a broken
marble sarcophagus, about 10' long, with grotesque
masks at the angles. The style is very late Koman.
It appears to have been thrown down from a tomb
above, of which part of the concrete basement
e For the description of two bridges supposed to be Hellenic
see Mure's Tour in Greece, 1842, ii. p. 248.