Tower of Aliartos

It sits on a cliff, located close to the modern national road from Thebes to Livadeia, and on the southern shore of the ancient Lake Copais.

On the ground floor is a chamber some 3.5 metres (11 ft) on each side, covered by a semicircular arch.

[1] There is an opening at the base, but it is of modern creation; the original gate seems to have been located well above the ground, on the second floor level, on the tower's southern face; the existence of putlog holes suggests that a wooden staircase was affixed.

[3][4] A number of caves exist at the edge of the cliff on which the tower sits, but it is unknown whether they are medieval, and possibly related to the tower, or of more recent date, the result of lime-burning.

[3] It is variously regarded as part of a late Byzantine defence system along the Copais and the Boeotic Cephissus,[2] but is most likely of Frankish construction.