Arched Stone Bridge Platanistos

High in the hills above Karystos in southern Euboea, a single stone arch spans a dry streambed near the village of Platanistos. Built of local stone in the modern era, the bridge carries a modest, functional elegance characteristic of nineteenth-century rural infrastructure in Greece, when such crossings served shepherds, farmers, and travelers on foot or with loaded animals. Its recorded association with a private owner, Th. Tzeni, hints at a family connection rather than a grand public work, a reminder that many of Greece's most enduring stone bridges were raised by local hands for everyday journeys.