Embrosneros village in Apokoronas Region, Chania prefecture, is best known for the notable farmer and janizary Alidakis, who had a big estate in the village. The Greek word for the tower is 'pyrgos', meaning 'a high fortified tower', and this matches perfectly the appearance of the ruins. Embrosneros is a picturesque village being surrounded from an acorns wood. The village is situated at the foot of the Lefka Ori, 5 km south of Vrisses village. It is an ancient village that can be dated to at least 1355, when it belonged to the Latin patriarch of Constantinople.

At the edge of the village stands the tower of Alidakis, a great janissary, who his tower was burned down by Sfakians in 1774. After the defeat of the Daskalogiannis revolt in 1770, Alidakis assembled an army in order to purloin the Cretans' pastures. Anyway, this came to their ears, so Manousakas from Imbros gathered a crowd of men on Askyfou plateau, from where they marched to Embrosneros to kill Alidakis.

You can still see the remains of the tower, which for the time being (2006) is under restoration. Especially the entrance is spectacular with remains of the carved decorations. Beneath the entrance, which is raised over the terrain by an "approach ramp", there is a room for the horses, as you can see from the three stones in the wall where they could tie them. Even if the building is in ruins, you can easily get an idea of its former size.

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