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Modern Description: An earlier Thracian settlement, perhaps named Mesembria, existed before the Greek city of Zone was founded as a colony of Samothrace in the late 7th century BC.
Two contiguous enceintes have been excavated: the W which ascends as far as the acropolis, and the E which is earlier and lower down. At their SW end the so-called 'walled settlement', a quarter with separate fortification and building insulae of houses, workshops and shops, in accordance with the Hippodamian system (phases from 5th to 2nd century BC), was discovered. In the SE part of the W enceinte are foundations of a sanctuary of Demeter (4th century BC). Close to the E enceinte are architectural remains of the temple of Apollo (6th and 5th centuries BC) incorporated in a larger building complex with central court and stoa. The city's cemeteries extend to the W. Zone was abandoned after the 6th century AD.
At the site of Kakliki there are foundations of buildings and marble reliefs of the Early Christian period. At Dikella, 2 km E of modern Mesemvria, Early Christian reliefs have been found.
Finds are exhibited in the Komotini Archaeological Museum.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_(colony)
Wikidata ID: Q8073895
Trismegistos Geo: 38416

Info: Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean

(Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean, Ministry of the Aegean)

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