Mesta - Chios - Greece 69 images Created 31 May 2019
Images in this photo gallery are of the medieval town of Mesta on the southern side of the Greek island of Chios. The pentagon shape and fortifications of the town has its roots back to the 14th century, when the city was ruled by the Genoese. Mesta is one of the Mastic villages known as the Mastichochoria which have dominated the cultivation of Mastic gum for hundreds of years. Chios Island is the 5th largest island of Greece and belongs to the North Aegean region island group.
