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Fonias Tower

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Eleftheria Konstantinidou

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 20, 2026 01:27 PM — History

The Tower of Fonias (meaning "murderer" in Greek, named after the nearby river) is located on Samothrace island's northeastern coast and has been attributed to the military activity of the Genoese Gattilusi family.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/113317586

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.492747995, 25.6572671397

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Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Fonias Tower (AD 1400 - AD 1499) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Πύργος Φονιά (Pyrgos Fonia: Modern Greek, unspecified date range)

Fonias Tower makes connections with:

Fonias Tower located on Samothrace (island) (unspecified date range)

Fonias Tower receives connections from:

None

Place type:
tower (defensive)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Eleftheria Konstantinidou, and Tom Elliott, 'Fonias Tower: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/113317586> [accessed: 15 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/113317586 |title=Places: 113317586 (Fonias Tower) |author=Konstantinidou, E. |accessdate=February 15, 2026 7:01 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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