A few dozen meters east of the mansion of the Notaras family in Drosopigi, one can find the ruins of the so-called “Tower of Notaras.” The truth is that this tower, as a defensive structure, predates the settlement of Notaras in Drosopigi. According to tradition, Notaras, who founded the village, found the tower already built but in disuse. He did not leave it unused, however.

The tower has a diameter of 11 meters and a wall thickness ranging from 2.80 to 2.40 meters. It was constructed using rectangular stones from the region, and its total height reaches 5 meters. Internally, it features a cylindrical tank for water collection. The ground floor lacks windows or loopholes, and its entrance, now destroyed, was estimated to face west. The two floors communicated through an opening in the roof of the ground floor, while on the eastern side of the upper floor, there was an opening overlooking the current provincial road leading to Feneos.

Based on its architecture and construction techniques, the tower appears to be a work from the early Ottoman period, designed for controlling the road from Derveni to Tarsos and Stymphalia. The English explorer Leake referred to it as “Hodja-Bashi,” possibly named after the Turkish name of the village Drosopigi, “Bashi.”

Today, the tower is largely ruined but remains an imposing structure that attests to the significance of the Drosopigi region and its strategic position in the mountainous Corinthia.