During the first period of Latin occupation in Euboea, Karystos was the see of a Latin bishopric, which later together with the bishoprics of Oreos, Avlona and Chalkis formed one bishopric, seated in Chalkis. On the picture, the castle of Karystos.
Athens, 1st Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/ Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Vasilatos, N. G., Kastra kai pyrgoi tis Evoias, Balder publications 1992, p. 127.
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