In 1209, the French baron, Guy de Nivelet, built on the rock of the ancient Mycenaean city of Geronthi, the castle of the village Geraki, in order to be able…
Built in 1670, by Ottoman command, this imposing castle occupies a southeast area of Oitilo. Its location oversees all of Lylolagkado and visual contact with the perches of the neighboring…
Built on a rock accessible only through a causeway, the castle of Monemvasia was populated around the 6th century A.D. by the Laconians, in order to protect themselves from the…
Ten kilometers northwest of Gytheion, on the hill of Klisoura that links Mesa Mani (“Inner Mani”) and Exo Mani (“Outer Mani”), stands the Castle of Pasava, built by the Franks.…
Between Argolis and Corinth, in the middle of eastern Corinth, the castle of Agionori is located. The Franks built it during the later Byzantine period, and that led to the…
The castle of Acrocorinth, the biggest in Moreas, was the watching eye of the entire Peloponnese. Excavations started in 1961 by the Archaeological Institute of America. It was created during…
The Castle of Penteskoufi stands almost 1,5 km southwest of Acrocorinth. It is built on a pointy rock, separate from the mountain of Acrocorinth, therefore constituting, in a way, its…
The Castle of Koroni belongs to a long series of impressive fortification structures strewn all over Messinia. It continues to stand proud and imposing on the top of a hill,…
It was the Venetians who began to build the Castle of Methoni, while during its occupation by the Franks and Ottomans, it unavoidably underwent their alterations. The castle is an…