Vonitsa, Aktion-Vonitsa, Aetolia-Akarnania,West Greece
Tower of Agia Paraskevi monastery
| Location: |
| At Myrtari, a small peninsula beneath the castle of Vonitsa in Western Greece |
| Region > Prefecture: |  |
| West Greece Aetolia-Akarnania | |
| Municipality > Town: | |
| City of Aktion-Vonitsa • Vonitsa | |
| Altitude: | |
| Zero Altitude |
| Time of Construction | Origin | |
| Unknown | VENETIAN  |
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| Castle Type | Condition | |
| Castle-Monastery |
In Ruins
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Remains of a strong fortification and a tower on the small peninsula “Myrtari” of the Ambrakian gulf at the rear side (northwestern) of the Castle of Vonitsa.
The fortification protected the monastery of Agia Paraskevi from which only the church is preserved today.
The castle is considered Venetian, i.e. the same origin with the Castle of Vonitsa. Probably it existed as a bastion of the main castle before the foundation of the monastery, but the time of construction is not known; perhaps sometime between the 13th and the 15th century.
| First entry in Kastrologos: | March 2015 |
Sources
- Pictures and video by Mr. Nikos Kavadas webmaster of My Lefkada, specially for Kastrologos
- Website KATOUNA news - ΓΙΟΡΤΑΖΕΙ Η ΑΓΙΑ ΠΑΡΑΣΚΕΥΗ ΜΥΡΤΑΡΙΟΥ ΒΟΝΙΤΣΑΣ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ - ΛΙΓΑ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΝΤΕΟ (Greek only)
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ, τεύχος 37-1982, σελ.277
- Website akarnania.net - Το μοναστήρι της Αγ. Παρασκευής στο Μυρτάρι.
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| Free access |