List of castles, chateaus and fortresses in Greece

This list includes castles , palaces and fortresses in Greece .

list

image	Surname	Building time	Municipality (district)	prefecture	location	Remarks
	Achilleion (Αχίλλειο)	1890-1892	Achillio	Kerkyra	39 ° 33 ′ 45 ″  N , 19 ° 54 ′ 15 ″  E
	Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος)	13th century	Livatho on Kefalonia	Kefallinia	38 ° 8 ′ 20 ″  N , 20 ° 33 ′ 9 ″  E	Venetian castle
	Andimachia (Αντιμάχια)	13th century	Iraklides on Kos	Dodecanese	36 ° 48 ′ 10 "  N , 27 ° 7 ′ 40"  E	Johanniter fort
	Angelokastro (Αγγελόκαστρο)	11th and 12th centuries	Paleokastritsa	Kerkyra	39 ° 40 ′ 42 "  N , 19 ° 41 ′ 14"  E	Previous buildings from the 7th century
	Acrocorinth (Ακροκόρινθος)	since the antiquity	Corinth	Corinthia	37 ° 53 ′ 21 ″  N , 22 ° 52 ′ 11 ″  E
	Acropolis of Athens (Ακρόπολη της Αθήνας)	since the antiquity	Athens	Athens , Attica	37 ° 58 '18 "  N , 23 ° 43' 36"  E
	Assos Castle (Άσσος)	1585	Erisos on Kefalonia , district Asos	Kefallinia	38 ° 22 ′ 40 "  N , 20 ° 32 ′ 24"  E	Venetian castle
	City Palace in Athens (Παλαιά Ανάκτορα Αθήνας)	1836	Athens	Athens , Attica	37 ° 58 '18 "  N , 23 ° 43' 36"  E	in the 1930s converted into a parliament (gr. Vouli Βουλή)
	Astypalea (Αστυπάλαια)	13th century	Astypalea	Dodecanese	36 ° 33 ′ 40 ″  N , 26 ° 21 ′ 17 ″  E	Venetian castle
	Bonriparo (Μονοπάρι)	13th century	Nikiforos Fokas	Rethymno / Crete	35 ° 17 ′ 25 "  N , 24 ° 25 ′ 57"  E	Genoese fort
	Bourtzi (Μπούρτζι)	15th century	Nafplio	Argolis	37 ° 34 ′ 11 "  N , 22 ° 47 ′ 25"  E
	Chlemoutsi (Χλεμούτσι)	1220-1230	Kastro-Kyllini	Elis	37 ° 53 '24 "  N , 21 ° 8' 24"  E
	Frangokastello (Φραγκοκάστελλο)	1371	Sfakia	Chania	35 ° 10 ′ 56 "  N , 24 ° 14 ′ 2"  E	Venetian castle
	Heptapyrgion (Ἑπταπύργιον)	since the 4th century	Thessalonike	Central Macedonia		Byzantine and Ottoman
	Kalamata Castle (Κάστρο Καλαμάτας)	13th century	Kalamata	Messinia		Erected by the crusaders under William II of Villehardouin
	Karitena Castle (Κάστρο Καρίταινας)	1254	Meglopoli , Karitena district	Arcadia	37 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 22 ° 2 ′ 22 ″  E
	Koules Castle (Κάστρο Κοξαρέ)	after 1669	Finikas	Rethymno / Crete	35 ° 13 ′ 15 ″  N , 24 ° 28 ′ 0 ″  E	Ottoman fort
	Corfu, old fortress	6th to 13th century	Corfu town	Kerkyra	39 ° 37 '24 "  N , 19 ° 55' 44"  E	Venetian fortress
	Corfu, New Fortress (or San Marco Fortress)	1576 and 1645	Corfu town	Kerkyra	39 ° 37 ′ 30 ″  N , 19 ° 54 ′ 59 ″  E	Venetian fortress
	Koroni Castle (Κάστρο της Κορώνης)	6./7. Century	Koroni	Messinia	36 ° 47 ′ 42 "  N , 21 ° 57 ′ 44"  E	Origin in the early Middle Ages, important fortress of Venice
	Larissa Castle ( Argos Castle, Κάστρο Λάρισα)	1212	Argos	Argolis	37 ° 38 ′ 19 "  N , 22 ° 42 ′ 51"  E	Predecessor buildings since Mycenaean times
	Methoni Castle (Κάστρο της Μεθώνης)		Methoni	Messinia	36 ° 48 ′ 52 "  N , 21 ° 42 ′ 17"  E	Origin in Byzantine times, important fortress of Venice
	Mon repos	1828-1832	Corfu Peninsula Analipsis	Kerkyra	39 ° 36 ′ 23 "  N , 19 ° 55 ′ 34"  E	Former governor's seat, from 1864 a castle
	Castle of Nafpaktos (Κάστρο Ναυπάκτου)	15th century	Nafpaktos	Aetolia-Acarnania	38 ° 23 ′ 47 "  N , 21 ° 49 ′ 29"  E	ancient predecessor buildings, expansion up to the Ottoman period
	Neratzia Fortress (Κάστρο της Νερατζιάς)	13th to 16th century	Kos to Kos	Dodecanese	36 ° 53 ′ 46 ″  N , 27 ° 17 ′ 26 ″  E
	Palamidi (Παλαμήδι)	1411-1417	Nafplio	Argolis	37 ° 33 ′ 43 "  N , 22 ° 48 ′ 15"  E
	Paleo Pyli (Παλαιό Πυλί)	11th century	Dikeos on Kos	Dodecanese	36 ° 50 ′ 21 ″  N , 27 ° 11 ′ 12 ″  E
	Pylos Neocastro	1573-1770	Pylos	Messinia		Ottoman fortress guarding the southern entrance of Navarino Bay
	Pylos Paliokastro	1278 to circa 1570	Pylos	Messinia		Crusader castle, guarded the former northern entrance of Navarino Bay
	Fortezza Rethymno (Φορτέτσα Ρεθύμνου)	16th century	Rethymno	Rethymno	35 ° 22 ′ 20 "  N , 24 ° 28 ′ 14"  E	Venetian, built 1540–1570 Arta (regional unit)
	Arta Fortress (Κάστρο της Άρτας)	13th century	Arta	Arta		Byzantine fortress
	Chios Fortress (Κάστρο της Χίου)	14th century	Chios	Chios	38 ° 22 ′ 25 ″  N , 26 ° 8 ′ 13 ″  E	Genoese fort, possibly since antiquity ?, origin in Byzantine times (9th – 10th centuries), expansion up to the Ottoman period
	Fortress Volissos (Κάστρο της Βολισσού)	15th century	Amani	Chios	38 ° 29 '9 "  N , 25 ° 55' 35"  E	Genoese fort, origin in Byzantine times (11th century),
	Apolichnon Fortress (Κάστρο Απολίχνων)	around 1440	Mastichochoria	Chios	38 ° 15 '25 "  N , 26 ° 1' 26"  E	Genoese castle
	Acropolis of Lefkonio (Emborios)	7th century BC Chr.	Mastichochoria	Chios	38 ° 11 '35 "  N , 26 ° 1' 55"  E
	Sigri Fortress (Φρούριο Σιγριού)	18th century	Eresos-Andissa on Lesbos	Lesbos	39 ° 12 ′ 42 "  N , 25 ° 51 ′ 6"  E	Ottoman fortress
	Mytilene Fortress (Κάστρο Μυτιλήνης)	14th century	Mytilene on Lesbos	Lesbos	39 ° 6 ′ 42 "  N , 26 ° 33 ′ 45"  E	Ottoman fortress, previous Byzantine and Genoese buildings
	Myrina Fortress (Φρούριο Μύρινας)	13th century	Myrina on Limnos	Lesbos	39 ° 52 ′ 40 "  N , 25 ° 3 ′ 20"  E	Ottoman fortress, previous Venetian buildings

 Map with all linked sites: OSM | WikiMap

Web links

• Greek castles (Greek / English)