This is a list of castles, fortresses and towers in Greece.

Castles/Fortresses

Castles and fortresses in Greece
Name Location Era Image
AcrocorinthCorinthAncient/Byzantine period
AcronaupliaNafplionAncient/Byzantine/Frankish/Venetian period
Agios Georgios CastleCephaloniaByzantine/Venetian period
Agios Andreas CastlePrevezaOttoman/Venetian period
Agios Georgios CastlePrevezaOttoman period
Amfissa CastleAmfissaAncient/Byzantine/Frankish period
Angelokastro (Corfu)CorfuByzantine/Venetian periods
Anthousa CastleAnthousa, Preveza (regional unit)Ottoman period
Anthimachia CastleKosByzantine period
Aptera FortressChaniaOttoman period
Araklovon Castle[1]Minthi, ElisByzantine period
Arkessini CastleAcropolis of Arkessini, AmorgosAncient period
Arta CastleArtaByzantine period
Asini CastleAsini, ArgolisAncient period
Assos CastleAssos, CephaloniaVenetian period
Arkadia CastleKyparissiaFrankish period
Astypalaia CastleAstypalaiaFrankish/Venetian period
Castle of BoukaPrevezaOttoman & Venetian periods
BourtziNafplioVenetian period
Bourtzi (Karystos)KarystosVenetian period
Castle of Chalkis (Karababa)ChalkisOttoman period
Castle of ChiosChiosGenoese period
Castle of MytileneMytileneAncient/Byzantine/Genoese period
Chlemoutsinorthwestern ElisFrankish period
Castle of CuppaAvlonariFrankish/Venetian period
Cythera CastleCythera (island)Venetian period
Didymoteicho FortressDidymoteichoAncient/Byzantine period
Elea CastleElea, ThesprotiaAncient period
EleutheraeAtticaAncient period
Esphigmenou Monastery-fortressMount AthosByzantine period
Exomvourgo FortressExomvourgo, TinosVenetian period
Firkas Fortress (Revellino)ChaniaOttoman period
Fortezza of RethymnoRethymno, CreteVenetian period
Fortifications of ChaniaChaniaVenetian period
Fortifications of HeraklionHeraklionVenetian period
Fotodotis monastery-fortressNaxosByzantine period
FrangokastelloSouth CreteVenetian period
Fyli CastleFyliAncient period
Gardiki Castlesouthwestern CorfuByzantine/Venetian period
Geraki CastleLaconiaFrankish period
Glarentza Castlenorthwestern ElisFrankish period
Goulas CastleAkrotiri (prehistoric city)Venetian period
Gramvousa CastleGramvousaVenetian period
HeptapyrgionThessalonikiByzantine/Ottoman period
Kales CastleIerapetra, CreteVenetian period
Ioannina CastleIoanninaByzantine/Ottoman period
Itzedin FortressSouda BayOttoman period
Kalamata CastleKalamata, MesseniaByzantine/Venetian/Ottoman period
Kalymnos CastleKalymnosByzantine period
Karytaina CastleKarytainaFrankish period
Kassiopi CastleKassiopi, CorfuByzantine/Venetian period
Kastelli of EmporioEmporio, SantoriniVenetian period
Kastelli of PyrgosPyrgos Kallistis, SantoriniVenetian period
Kastellos (Kritinia)Kritinia, RhodesHospitaller period
Kavala CastleKavalaByzantine period
Kazarma fortressSitiaVenetian period
Koroni CastleKoroniVenetian/Ottoman period
Koules Fortress (Rocca al Mare)HeraklionVenetian period
Lamia CastleLamia (city)Byzantine period
Larissa CastleLarissa, ArgosAncient/Byzantine period
Laskara CastlePrevezaLate Ottoman period
Leros CastleLerosHospitaller period
Lindos CastleAcropolis of LindosAncient/Byzantine/Hospitaller period
Mesta fortified townChiosByzantine period
Methoni CastleMethoniVenetian/Ottoman period
Mithymna CastleMithymna, LesbosByzantine period
Monastery of Saint John the TheologianPatmosByzantine period
Monemvasia FortressMonemvasiaByzantine/Venetian period
Moni ArkadiouArkadi, CreteVenetian period
Moni ToplouLasithi, CreteVenetian/Ottoman period
Monolithos CastleMonolithos, RhodesHospitaller period
Myrina FortressMyrina, LemnosByzantine period
Mystras PalaceMystrasByzantine period
Nafpaktos CastleNafpaktosVenetian period
Naxos CastleNaxosVenetian period
Nerantzia CastleKosKnights period
New Fortress, CorfuCorfu (city)Venetian period
New Navarino fortressPylosOttoman period
Old Fortress, CorfuCorfu (city)Venetian period
Old Navarino castleNear PylosFrankish period
Orchomenus (Boeotia) CastleOrchomenus (Boeotia)Ancient period
Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of RhodesRhodes (city)Hospitaller/Ottoman/Italian period
PalaiokastroMandraki, NisyrosHellenistic period
PalamidiNafplionVenetian period
Pantokrator CastlePrevezaOttoman period
Parga CastlePargaVenetian/Ottoman period
Patras CastlePatrasByzantine period
Pente Pigadia FortKleisouraOttoman period
Platamon CastlePlatamonFrankish period
Pleuron CastlePleuron, AetoliaAncient period
Potiri CastleAvlonariFrankish/Venetian period
Fortifications of RhodesRhodes (city)Byzantine/Hospitaller/Ottoman/Italian period
Riniasa Castle / ThomokastroRiza, PrevezaByzantine period
Rio CastleRioOttoman/Venetian period
Rogoi/BouchetionNea Kerasounta, PrevezaAncient/Byzantine period
Saint John CastleArchangelos, RhodesHospitaller period
Santa Maura CastleLefkadaVenetian period
Servia castleKozani (regional unit)Byzantine period
Simonopetra monastery-fortressMount AthosByzantine period
Skiathos CastleSkiathosByzantine period
Spinalonga CastleSpinalongaAncient/Venetian period
Stavronikita monastery-fortressMount AthosByzantine period
Tiryns CastleAcropolis of TirynsAncient (Mycenaean) period
Toroivia CastleKomboti, Aetolia-AcarnaniaAncient period
Trikala CastleTrikalaByzantine period
Vonitsa CastleVonitsaByzantine/Ottoman/Venetian period
Voukation CastleParavola (near Agrinion)Ancient period
Vrysoula BastionPrevezaVenetian/Ottoman period
Walls of ThessalonikiThessalonikiByzantine period
Xenophontos monastery-fortressMount AthosByzantine period

Towers

Towers in Greece
Name Location Era Image
Aigosthena TowerAigosthena, AtticaAncient period
Agia TowerNaxosVenetian period
Annunziata TowerCorfu (city)Venetian period
Avlonari TowerAvlonari, EuboeaVenetian period
Belonia TowerNaxosVenetian period
Crispi TowerNaxosVenetian period
Fokea TowerFokea, ChalkidikiByzantine period
Gratsia TowerNaxosVenetian period
Markellos TowerAeginaVenetian period
Maroulas TowersMaroulas, CreteVenetian period
Ouranoupolis TowerOuranoupolis, ChalkidikiByzantine period
Sanudo TowerNaxosVenetian period
Vasiliko TowerEuboeaVenetian period
White Tower of ThessalonikiThessalonikiOttoman period

Bibliography

  • 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
  • Andrews, Kevin "Castles of the Morea", 2006
  • Brooks, Allan "Castles of Northwest Greece", 2013
  • Nicolle, David "Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191–1571", 2013

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