Restoration Work Begins at the Ancient Bourtzi Fortress on Leros

The works of restoration, configuration and promotion of the ancient fort in Bourtzi of Agia Marina have begun, by the competent services of the Ministry of Culture, in cooperation with The Municipality of Leros and the Region of the South Aegean.

This is an important project of cultural promotion, which concerns the protection and exploitation of a historical point of Leros, with the aim of the Fortress in Bourtzi obtaining the position it deserves on the cultural map of the island.

More specifically, the project of the restoration, configuration and enhancement of the Bourtzi Fortress, with a total budget of 30,000 euros, includes the final architectural study, the application studies for fixing and restoring the fort, the configuration and enhancement of the surrounding area, as well as the structural restoration study of the fortress.

The relevant studies for Bourtzi are the subject of a Cultural Development Programme Agreement, which has been signed between the Ministry of Culture, the South Aegean Region and The Municipality of Leros.

As recorded in the report of Nikos Ignatidis for Leros News, with statements by the President of the Leros Municipal Council, Panagiotis Koumbarou, and the Deputy Mayor of Cultural Heritage, Frankos Dipieros, the commitments made by the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni and the Mayor of Leros, Timotheo Kottakis, are now beginning to be put into practice.

The start of the works in Bourtzi marks another step in highlighting the historical and cultural identity of Leros, with the Lerian society awaiting the completion of an important project that can give new value to an area of ​​special importance for the island.

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