List of castles in Greece
Appearance
This is a list of castles, fortresses and towers in Greece.
Castles/Fortresses
[edit]Name | Location | Era | Image |
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Acrocorinth | Corinth | Ancient/Byzantine period | |
Acronauplia | Nafplion | Ancient/Byzantine/Frankish/Venetian period | |
Agios Georgios Castle | Cephalonia | Byzantine/Venetian period | |
Agios Andreas Castle | Preveza | Ottoman/Venetian period | |
Agios Georgios Castle | Preveza | Ottoman period | |
Amfissa Castle | Amfissa | Ancient/Byzantine/Frankish period | |
Angelokastro (Corfu) | Corfu | Byzantine/Venetian periods | |
Anthousa Castle | Anthousa, Preveza (regional unit) | Ottoman period | |
Anthimachia Castle | Kos | Byzantine period | |
Aptera Fortress | Chania | Ottoman period | |
Araklovon Castle[1] | Minthi, Elis | Byzantine period | |
Arkessini Castle | Acropolis of Arkessini, Amorgos | Ancient period | |
Arta Castle | Arta | Byzantine period | |
Asini Castle | Asini, Argolis | Ancient period | |
Assos Castle | Assos, Cephalonia | Venetian period | |
Arkadia Castle | Kyparissia | Frankish period | |
Astypalaia Castle | Astypalaia | Frankish/Venetian period | |
Castle of Bouka | Preveza | Ottoman & Venetian periods | |
Bourtzi | Nafplio | Venetian period | |
Bourtzi (Karystos) | Karystos | Venetian period | |
Castle of Chalkis (Karababa) | Chalkis | Ottoman period | |
Castle of Chios | Chios | Genoese period | |
Castle of Mytilene | Mytilene | Ancient/Byzantine/Genoese period | |
Chlemoutsi | northwestern Elis | Frankish period | |
Castle of Cuppa | Avlonari | Frankish/Venetian period | |
Cythera Castle | Cythera (island) | Venetian period | |
Didymoteicho Fortress | Didymoteicho | Ancient/Byzantine period | |
Elea Castle | Elea, Thesprotia | Ancient period | |
Eleutherae | Attica | Ancient period | |
Esphigmenou Monastery-fortress | Mount Athos | Byzantine period | |
Exomvourgo Fortress | Exomvourgo, Tinos | Venetian period | |
Firkas Fortress (Revellino) | Chania | Ottoman period | |
Fortezza of Rethymno | Rethymno, Crete | Venetian period | |
Fortifications of Chania | Chania | Venetian period | |
Fortifications of Heraklion | Heraklion | Venetian period | |
Fotodotis monastery-fortress | Naxos | Byzantine period | |
Frangokastello | South Crete | Venetian period | |
Fyli Castle | Fyli | Ancient period | |
Gardiki Castle | southwestern Corfu | Byzantine/Venetian period | |
Geraki Castle | Laconia | Frankish period | |
Glarentza Castle | northwestern Elis | Frankish period | |
Goulas Castle | Akrotiri (prehistoric city) | Venetian period | |
Gramvousa Castle | Gramvousa | Venetian period | |
Heptapyrgion | Thessaloniki | Byzantine/Ottoman period | |
Kales Castle | Ierapetra, Crete | Venetian period | |
Ioannina Castle | Ioannina | Byzantine/Ottoman period | |
Itzedin Fortress | Souda Bay | Ottoman period | |
Kalamata Castle | Kalamata, Messenia | Byzantine/Venetian/Ottoman period | |
Kalymnos Castle | Kalymnos | Byzantine period | |
Karytaina Castle | Karytaina | Frankish period | |
Kassiopi Castle | Kassiopi, Corfu | Byzantine/Venetian period | |
Kastelli of Emporio | Emporio, Santorini | Venetian period | |
Kastelli of Pyrgos | Pyrgos Kallistis, Santorini | Venetian period | |
Kastellos (Kritinia) | Kritinia, Rhodes | Hospitaller period | |
Kavala Castle | Kavala | Byzantine period | |
Kazarma fortress | Sitia | Venetian period | |
Koroni Castle | Koroni | Venetian/Ottoman period | |
Koules Fortress (Rocca al Mare) | Heraklion | Venetian period | |
Lamia Castle | Lamia (city) | Byzantine period | |
Larissa Castle | Larissa, Argos | Ancient/Byzantine period | |
Laskara Castle | Preveza | Late Ottoman period | |
Leros Castle | Leros | Hospitaller period | |
Lindos Castle | Acropolis of Lindos | Ancient/Byzantine/Hospitaller period | |
Mesta fortified town | Chios | Byzantine period | |
Methoni Castle | Methoni | Venetian/Ottoman period | |
Mithymna Castle | Mithymna, Lesbos | Byzantine period | |
Monastery of Saint John the Theologian | Patmos | Byzantine period | |
Monemvasia Fortress | Monemvasia | Byzantine/Venetian period | |
Moni Arkadiou | Arkadi, Crete | Venetian period | |
Moni Toplou | Lasithi, Crete | Venetian/Ottoman period | |
Monolithos Castle | Monolithos, Rhodes | Hospitaller period | |
Myrina Fortress | Myrina, Lemnos | Byzantine period | |
Mystras Palace | Mystras | Byzantine period | |
Nafpaktos Castle | Nafpaktos | Venetian period | |
Naxos Castle | Naxos | Venetian period | |
Nerantzia Castle | Kos | Knights period | |
New Fortress, Corfu | Corfu (city) | Venetian period | |
New Navarino fortress | Pylos | Ottoman period | |
Old Fortress, Corfu | Corfu (city) | Venetian period | |
Old Navarino castle | Near Pylos | Frankish period | |
Orchomenus (Boeotia) Castle | Orchomenus (Boeotia) | Ancient period | |
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes | Rhodes (city) | Hospitaller/Ottoman/Italian period | |
Palaiokastro | Mandraki, Nisyros | Hellenistic period | |
Palamidi | Nafplion | Venetian period | |
Pantokrator Castle | Preveza | Ottoman period | |
Parga Castle | Parga | Venetian/Ottoman period | |
Patras Castle | Patras | Byzantine period | |
Pente Pigadia Fort | Kleisoura | Ottoman period | |
Platamon Castle | Platamon | Frankish period | |
Pleuron Castle | Pleuron, Aetolia | Ancient period | |
Potiri Castle | Avlonari | Frankish/Venetian period | |
Fortifications of Rhodes | Rhodes (city) | Byzantine/Hospitaller/Ottoman/Italian period | |
Riniasa Castle / Thomokastro | Riza, Preveza | Byzantine period | |
Rio Castle | Rio | Ottoman/Venetian period | |
Rogoi/Bouchetion | Nea Kerasounta, Preveza | Ancient/Byzantine period | |
Saint John Castle | Archangelos, Rhodes | Hospitaller period | |
Santa Maura Castle | Lefkada | Venetian period | |
Servia castle | Kozani (regional unit) | Byzantine period | |
Simonopetra monastery-fortress | Mount Athos | Byzantine period | |
Skiathos Castle | Skiathos | Byzantine period | |
Spinalonga Castle | Spinalonga | Ancient/Venetian period | |
Stavronikita monastery-fortress | Mount Athos | Byzantine period | |
Tiryns Castle | Acropolis of Tiryns | Ancient (Mycenaean) period | |
Toroivia Castle | Komboti, Aetolia-Acarnania | Ancient period | |
Trikala Castle | Trikala | Byzantine period | |
Vonitsa Castle | Vonitsa | Byzantine/Ottoman/Venetian period | |
Voukation Castle | Paravola (near Agrinion) | Ancient period | |
Vrysoula Bastion | Preveza | Venetian/Ottoman period | |
Walls of Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Byzantine period | |
Xenophontos monastery-fortress | Mount Athos | Byzantine period |
Towers
[edit]Towers in Greece | |||
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Name | Location | Era | Image |
Aigosthena Tower | Aigosthena, Attica | Ancient period | |
Agia Tower | Naxos | Venetian period | |
Annunziata Tower | Corfu (city) | Venetian period | |
Avlonari Tower | Avlonari, Euboea | Venetian period | |
Belonia Tower | Naxos | Venetian period | |
Crispi Tower | Naxos | Venetian period | |
Fokea Tower | Fokea, Chalkidiki | Byzantine period | |
Gratsia Tower | Naxos | Venetian period | |
Markellos Tower | Aegina | Venetian period | |
Maroulas Towers | Maroulas, Crete | Venetian period | |
Ouranoupolis Tower | Ouranoupolis, Chalkidiki | Byzantine period | |
Sanudo Tower | Naxos | Venetian period | |
Vasiliko Tower | Euboea | Venetian period | |
White Tower of Thessaloniki | Thessaloniki | Ottoman period |
Bibliography
[edit]- Forbes-Boyd, Eric "In Crusader Greece: A Tour of the Castles of the Morea", 1964
- Eustasiades, "Fortresses and Castles of Greece: Eastern central Greece: Attica, Boeotia, Phthiotis, Phocis; Thessaly; Macedonia; Thrace", 1972
- Hetherington, Paul "Byzantine and Medieval Greece: Churches, Castles, and Art of the Mainland and the Peloponnese", 1991
- Paradissis, Alexander "Fortresses and Castles of Greece: Southern and West Central Greece", 1996
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- Brooks, Allan "Castles of Northwest Greece", 2013
- Nicolle, David "Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571", 2013