Archaeological Site of Aigosthena, Porto Germeno, Municipality of Mandra-Eidyllia “...remoteness has preserved for us a Greek fortified town in better condition and greater completeness than any other... a place, for those who have seen it, to marvel at and return to” E.F. Benson, 1895
Christian basilica and church of Virgin Maria or Agia Anna, Archaeological Site of Aigosthena, Porto Germeno, Municipality of Mandra-Eidyllia Habitation continued into Early Christian times, as evidenced by the 5th century BC five-aisled basilica in the lower town of the fortress of Aigosthena. In the 11th century the chapel of Virgin Maria or Agia Anna was built over the ruins of the basilica of ancient building material.