Bazeos Tower, Fortified tower house and cultural center on Naxos, Greece

Bazeos Tower is a fortified stone complex on the Agiassos plain, 12 km from Naxos town and about 1 km from the village of Sangri, at the foot of Mount Prophet Elias. It was built around 1600 as the Orthodox monastery of the Holy Cross, near the ruins of the older Kaloritsa monastery. The complex has a walled courtyard and a small chapel.

The tower is thought to have been built around 1600 as an Orthodox monastery of the Holy Cross, with monks until the early 19th century, when it fell into decline. In 1834 the building and its lands passed to the newly founded Greek state, which rented them out to fund public schools. At the end of the 19th century the bankrupt state sold the ruined complex to the large landowner Nikolaos Iak. Bazeos, whose name it has borne since. The last descendant of the family restored it fully in 2001.

The tower is named after Nikolaos Iak. Bazeos, a large landowner who bought the ruined monastery complex at the end of the 19th century, as is customary for similar monuments on Naxos. Since 2001 it has operated as a cultural centre, and every summer its spaces host the events titled "Festival of Naxos", organised by a non-profit cultural body with Greek and foreign institutes, universities and museums.

The tower is easy to reach by car or scooter from Naxos town, along a signposted road near Sagri. Most events take place in summer, so checking the current program before visiting is a good idea.

The tower stands near the ruins of the older Kaloritsa monastery, dated to the 9th century, about a kilometre from the village of Sangri. More than thirty similar tower complexes are scattered across Naxos, built between the 13th and 18th centuries against piracy and under feudal land organisation.