Mon, Apr 13, 2020
Ancient Toroni was one of the biggest and wealthiest towns of Halkidiki. Its location is described by Thucydides, along with the siege of Likithos (the small and steep rocky peninsula on the south end of the beach, which was part of the walls of Ancient Toroni) by the Spartans during the Peloponnesian War. During the years of the Roman Occupation and the Byzantine Era, the walls of the town were reinforced to protect it from sea and land. They were built with the construction material that had been left from the ancient acropolis.
Migrants from Evia inhabited Toroni in the 8th century BC. The town joined the Athenian Alliance, until the Spartans conquered it. King Philip II of Macedonia conquered the town in 348 BC while in 168BC the region fell to the Romans.
One of the most important attractions of Toroni is the church of Agios Athanasios. Built in the 5th century on a three-aisled basilica, it was destroyed in the 6th century and the foundations of which are a new temple, the mosaic of which survives in good condition until today. It is also worth visiting the cemetery of the Iron Age of the 11th century BC, where 134 tombs were excavated and 500 well-preserved findings came to light.