Katsingri Castle
The Katsingri castle ( Greek Παλιόκαστρο = old fortress ) is an ancient fortification from the 4th or 3rd century BC. In the Argolis . It is located about 1 km east of the village of Agios Adrianos on a hill about 130 m high. The pilgrimage church of St. Adrianos is located about 400 m south of the fortification. The castle secured the route from Argos to Epidaurus .
The fort was named after the place Katsingri ( Greek Κατσίγκρι ), which is now called Agios Adrianos. Its north-south extension is 47 m and the west-east extension 27 m and it has an area of about 1200 m². The walls are made of polygonal masonry similar to the ancient fortifications of Asine . While all other parts of the outer wall form a rectangle, the northeastern part follows the terrain. Here you can see individual pieces of wall between the rocks. Inside the walls at the highest point are the lower layers of a tower 9.20 × 9.20 m. The western entrance to the tower has also been preserved. In the south-western corner of the castle is a cistern with waterproof plaster. No further building remains have been discovered within the castle so far. The other finds are also sparse. In contrast, human bones and fragments of vessels were found south of the church of Agios Adrianos.
So far it has not been possible to clarify from which direction there was access to the castle. In the 15th century AD, Cyriacus of Ancona visited the place and assumed that Mycenae was once here .
literature
- Georg Karo : Katsingri . In: Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Athenian Department . tape 40 , 1915, pp. 106-110 .
- Richard Speicher: Peloponnese . 2nd Edition. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-17-010031-9 , pp. 171-172 .
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Coordinates: 37 ° 36 ′ 11.2 ″ N , 22 ° 51 ′ 31 ″ E