Khalkída - Kástro

At the east end of the bridge at Khalkís, almost surrounded by the sea, is the Kástro, the old Venetian and Turkish town, which still preserves remains of its walls. In the south of the old town is the church of Ayia Paraskeví (originally fifth-sixth C.) the principal church in Venetian times, which was rebuilt by the Crusaders in Gothic style (rare in Greece) in the 14th century. Part of aqueduct which brought water to the town from Mt Dírfys can still be traced in the suburban district.