Castle of Pantokrator | Preveza
17/03/2025
Pantokratoras Castle was built at the start of the 19th century by Ali Pasha, the ruler of Epirus. It is a pentagon with high perimeter
Pantokratoras Castle was built at the start of the 19th century by Ali Pasha, the ruler of Epirus. It is a pentagon with high perimeter
The circular Laskaras for at the top of the hill called Tourkovouni, was built by Ali Pasha in 1807, to the plans of a French
Ali Pasha also built Anthousa castle, lying above the village of the same name, in 1814 during the siege of Parga. It is an imposing
The castle of Parga reflect its turbulent history. Even now, visitors can see emblems of “ La Serenissima” Republic of Venice and of Ali Pasha,
The castle at Pente Pigadia (“five wells”) in Preveza was built by Ali Pasha of Ioannina in the early 19th century. It is a small,
The ruins of the Rogi castle, next to the Louros River and near Nea Kerasounta, belong to a Byzantine town of the 13th-14th century which
The castle of Arta was built in the 13ο Century by the Comninos family, the lords of the Despotate of Epirus, which had its capital
By the railroad tracks rises the Byzantine fortress of Pithio, built in 1331 as a private refuge and treasury for the Byzantine Emperor John VI
North of Alexandroupolis, on a hill near the village of Avandas, one can still see the ruins of the Byzantine fortresses that controlled the passes
At the highest point of Servia, stands the impressive mass of one of the most important castles of the mid-Byzantine and late-Byzantine period in West
In 1381 Paxos came under the rule of Venice. In 1423, Adam II San Ippolito, the feudal lord of the island, received permission by the
The road after Therma runs next to the sea and, after 8 kilometres, one reaches the Killer’s Tower. The tower, built after 1430 by Gattilusi,
The sovereignty of Gattilusi in Samothrace begins in 1430. The Prince Palamedes Gattelouzzo fortified the totality of the island building a fortress complex of three
The acropolis of Kavala castle was built by the Ottomans in 1391 and extended at the beginning of the 15th century on Byzantine foundations. Its
The castle of Eleftherohori, near the like-named village, is a 19th century structure that controlled the crossing from the Acheron tributary of Kokytos to the
The castle of Ioannina was the work of the Ottoman provincial ruler of Epirus, Ali Pasha, from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Lower
The peninsula of Panagia, east of the port, is the historical castle town of Kavala from antiquity up to the 19th century. In the once
At the northern end of the eastern wall of Thessaloniki is the second important tower of the city, built at the end of the 15th
The defense of the city was naturally a major concern through the ages. From the Hellenistic times until the post-Byzantine era, the city walls received
Fifteen kilometres from Kilkis lies the village of Palaio Gynaikokastro, known mostly from the stone ruins of its castle. This castle was so named because
Approaching Corfu from the sea, the first thing the visitor sees is the Old Fortress, a monument witnessing the turbulent history of the island and
On a hilltop of the west entrance of the Macedonian Straits, was once built the castle of Rendina. It was protecting the byzantine settlement and
The new Venetian Fortress, overlooking the old city port, does not bring together so many visitors as the Old one in the Spianada. However, it
The fortress of Trikala, which overlooks the city, was built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century on the ruins of the acropolis of