The Kazarma Fortress in Sitia stands high above the town and is visible from the beach. It was built by the Venetians in ...
The imposing Castle of Kalamata stands on a hill above the historic centre of the city. In the 6th century AD, a church was ...
On realizing the strategic position of Kythira in Avlemonas, the Venetians in 1547 built a tower, with the purpose of protect ...
The Didymoteicho Fortress is an ancient and medieval hilltop citadel complex. It has been an important landmark since ancient ...
The Medieval Castle of Tilos is located to the north of Megalo Chorio, the capital village of the island. Built atop a hill b ...
The Assos Castle is a Venetian fortification on Kefalonia island in western Greece. Together with St George"s Castle, th ...
The castle at Pythio, one of the most important and best preserved examples of military architecture in Greece. It is set on ...
Mylopotamos Castle in Kythira was built by the Venetians in 1566. The carved lion of Saint Markos, a symbol of Venetian domin ...
Mount Fokas is a 862m high hill in in the area of Corinth. A medieval settlement existed on its trapezoid summit and later a ...
Kremasti Castle looks more like a tower-house than a real castle. Of square plan, it covers an area of 400 square metres and ...
Glarentza was a medieval town located near the site of modern Kyllini in Elis, at the westernmost point of the Peloponnese pe ...
Lardos castle was built sometime in the 12th century, during the Byzantine era. When the Knights of the Order of St. John inv ...
On the outskirts of Alexandroupoli, close to the village of Avantas, lie the medieval castles of Avantas and Potamos. Three d ...
In 1209, the French baron, Guy de Nivelet, built on the rock of the ancient Mycenaean city of Geronthi, the castle of the vil ...
Zarafona Castle is a good sample of late medieval fortification architecture. It is in relatively good condition According t ...