Gardiki Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Γαρδικίου) is a 13th-century Byzantine castle on the southwestern coast of Corfu and the only surviving medieval fortress...
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the occupant of the castle. Angelokastro formed a defensive triangle with the castles of Gardiki and Kassiopi, which covered Corfu's defences to the south...
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unit, part of Pasaronas Gardiki Castle, Corfu, castle on Corfu island built in the 13th century AD Gardiki Castle, Arcadia, castle near Chirades, municipality...
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Byzantine-period castles that defended the island before the Venetian era (1386–1797). The castles formed a defensive triangle, with Gardiki guarding the...
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occupy the island. Gardiki Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Γαρδικίου) is a 13th-century Byzantine castle on the southwestern coast of Corfu and the only surviving...
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The Old Fortress of Corfu (Greek: Παλαιό Φρούριο, Venetian: Fortezza Vecchia) is a Venetian fortress in the city of Corfu. The fortress covers the promontory...
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The water castle of Bourtzi (Greek: Μπούρτζι, from Ottoman Turkish برج - burc meaning "tower"; formerly Καστέλι, Kasteli) is a Venetian castle located in...
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New Fortress (redirect from New Fortress, Corfu)
The New Fortress of Corfu (Greek: Νέο Φρούριο; Venetian: Fortezza Nuova) is a Venetian fortress built on the hill of St. Mark in Corfu in stages. The original...
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The Ioannina Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Ιωαννίνων) is the fortified old town of the city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece. The present fortification dates...
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The Castle of Methoni is a medieval fortification in the port town of Methoni, Messenia, in southwestern Greece. The castle of Methoni occupies the whole...
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Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes (category Castles in Greece)
known as the Kastello (Greek: Καστέλο, from Italian: Castello, "castle"), is a medieval castle in the city of Rhodes, on the island of Rhodes in Greece. It...
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The Patras Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Πατρών) was built around the mid-6th century AD above the ruins of the ancient acropolis of the city of Patras, on a low...
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The Castle of Saint Andrew (Greek: κάστρο του Αγίου Ανδρέα) is a fortress in Preveza, Greece. First constructed by the Ottoman Empire in the early 1700s...
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and was administered as a mainland exclave of the Venetian possession of Corfu, under a castellan. Venetian possession was confirmed in the Ottoman–Venetian...
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The Rio Castle (Greek: κάστρο του Ρίου), historically known as the Castle of the Morea (Italian: Castello de Morea) in opposition to its counterpart,...
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Treaty of Gardens, Byzantine Gardiki, Battle of Gardiki Castle, Arcadia Gardiki, Phthiotis Gardiki, Trikala Gardiki Castle, Corfu Garella Garigliano, Battle...
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The Castle of Mytilene, also Fortress of Mytilene, is located in Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, North Aegean. It is maintained in good condition...
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The Old Navarino castle (Greek: Παλαιό Ναυαρίνο) is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the bay on which...
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Fortezza of Rethymno (redirect from Fortezza Castle)
public. The Fortezza is built on a hill called Paleokastro (meaning "Old Castle"), which was the site of ancient Rhithymna's acropolis. Between the 10th...
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The Platamon Castle (Greek: Κάστρο του Πλαταμώνα), an important part of the history of Pieria, is a Crusader castle (built between 1204 and 1222) in Macedonia...
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The Assos Castle (Greek: Κάστρο της Άσσου, romanized: Kastro tis Assou) is a Venetian fortification on Cephalonia island in western Greece. Together with...
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Chlemoutsi (redirect from Chlemoutsi Castle)
Χλεμούτσι or Χλουμούτσι Chloumoútsi), also known as Clermont, is a medieval castle in the northwest of the Elis regional unit in the Peloponnese peninsula...
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strongly fortified castle of Gardiki. Due to the lack of water and provisions, the overcrowding of the refugees, and the summer heat, the castle surrendered...
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Palamidi (category Castles in the Peloponnese)
in the town of Nafplion will say there are 999 steps to the top of the castle, and specials can be found on menus that incorporate this number to catch...
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Acrocorinth (category Byzantine castles in the Peloponnese)
Acrocorinth in 1929. Currently, it is one of the most important medieval castle sites of Greece. In a Corinthian myth related in the 2nd century CE to Pausanias...
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Frangokastello (Greek: Φραγκοκάστελλο) is the location of a castle and scattered settlement on the south coast of Crete, Greece, about 12 km (7.5 miles)...
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Acronauplia (Greek: Ακροναυπλία, romanized: Akronafplia, Turkish: Iç Kale, "Inner Castle") is the oldest part of the city of Nafplion in Greece. Until the thirteenth...
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Rogoi (category Byzantine castles in Greece)
Rogoi (Greek: Ρωγοί) is a Byzantine castle in Nea Kerasounta near Preveza, in western Greece. It is located on the site of the ancient city of Bouchetion...
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Fortifications of Rhodes (category Castles and fortifications of the Knights Hospitaller)
Frangokastello Gardiki Castle Glarentza Heptapyrgio Ioannina Castle Izzeddin Kastellos (Kritinia) Kalamata Castle Kassiopi Castle Kavala Castle Kazarma fortress...
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The Trikala Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Τρικάλων) is the Byzantine-era citadel of the city of Trikala in western Thessaly, Greece. The castle lies on a hill...
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