Sarikambos

Pyrgos settlement is founded at the same period with the neighboring Fournou Koryfi (2600-2300 BC) but habitation was longer lasting as architectural had been dated up to the Late Minoan period (1600-1450 BC).
One of the most impressive buildings have been uncovered is the two floor Tafos-Ikia, which is built on the northwest edge of the village at the beginning of the Middle Minoan period (2100-1900 BC).

In the next period (1900-1700 BC) belongs a tower and a water tank while in the center of the fortified settlement, was probably where the seat of the local ruler was located. Late Minoan I period (1600-1450 BC) erected on a hilltop commanding Agrepavlis. The architecture is distinguished by its palatial features. It must have been the administrative center of the entire Myrtos plain.

Fournou Koryfi settlement was established and destroyed by fire in the Early Minoan period (2600-2300 BC). It consists of 90 small region places arranged in dense device.
It’s a six residence minor location distinguished with small passages and hallways. It was ground floor built with loft and everyone had a workshop, storage rooms and galley.

The small sanctuary in the southwest edge of the village where famous Goddess of Myrtos was found, would serve the whole village. The systematic excavation of the site provided important data on the time economy.
Residents were cultivating cereals, olives and grapes, while they were rearing bred sheep, cattle and pigs. They also contained proper equipment in order to weave, build, clay pots and produce oil and wine in the settlement.

North of Myrtos in the road towards Mournies where Kryopotamos passes (on summertime it is a dry river) there is a bridge fitted with an inscription that says it was built in 1884. The bridge is made of stone and it consists of three big bows that were made from hewn rectangular stones that extrude in corners.

The two middle “legs” are reinforced by little struts that on the northern side have a triangular shape and the southern side is roundabout. In its upper surface – in the passable level – the old cobbled road can be seen in many spots, while the created parapet in its sides is very low.

The whole structure of the bridge does not only prove the remarkable aesthetic perception of manufacturers but also the perfect knowledge of the technical bridge construction with materials that had at this time. The bridge has been described as a work of art.