The Frankish konak in Apodoulou

In the village Apodoulou , in Amari province, there is a very well preserved building, that locals call Frankish Konak or konak of Lady Hanes . This mansion was built by the lord John Hanes , after 1829.

John Hanes was born in Egypt, where his father bought a girl as a slave. That beautiful girl was called Kallitsa Alexandraki and she came from Apodoulou .

John later fell in love with her and married Kallitsa . The couple visited Apodoulou in 1829 and decided to build this chateau, so as to spend their summers in Apodoulou .

This building was later used as a defensive tower by the Turks during the Revolution of 1866 . Therein, 300 Turk-Albanians were besieged by the rebels.

The rebels were about to burn the tower, reinforcements arrived and the besieged guards were all saved, along with the imposing tower.