The church, also known as "Panagia Potamou" or "Agia Sotiro", is the most important and well preserved byzantine monument in Samos. It is a cross-in-square church of the simple four columned type. The marble columns that support the dome, as well as their Corinthian capitals, probably come from ancient or Early Christian monuments of the site. The narthex that was adjusted to the west side of the church today is in ruins. The influence of the architecture of Constantinople is evident on the exterior ...

Small fortress built on top of a naturally fortified, rocky outcrop of the mountain, accessible only from its NE side. This side is protected by a tall and strong wall, which preserves the battlements on the top and the entrance gate. The inner side of the wall is formed by arches supporting the "peridromos", i.e. the rampart walk, on which the guardians of the castle circulated protected by the battlements. Lower walls protected the two long sides of the castle, while the SW side-not accessible ...

The monument is located approximately 150m. to the north of the church of the Dormition of the Virgin (or Saviour's Transfiguration) and is badly preserved. It was a single-nave, barrel-vaulted basilica with a semicircular bema apse (still preserved at sufficient height) and the main entrance to its south wall. In the interior of the church, two vaulted underground compartments of unknown use were discovered. Characteristic of the church is the formation of blind arches on the exterior and interior ...