Castle Finder pages
Special Groups of Castles |
Classification of the Greek castles in some other interesting groups and categories
Castles in high altitudes
Castles of “Oria”
Towers of Mani
Castles that used to be prisons
Kouledes of Crete
Neogothic Mansions Towers of Naxos
Castles on desert islands
Castles on small, uninhabited (or almost uninhabited) Greek islands
Castles in high altitude
Castles built on high mountains, in altitude more than 800m
Castles of "Oria"
Many castles in Greece have the alternative name “Kastro tis Orias” meaning “Castle of the Fair Lady”. Some of them are in Kastrologos:
Towers of Mani
In Mani there are around 800 traditional house-towers (and, in some cases, castle-houses). These are the unique "Mani Towers", which, as a rule, are not included here, in Kastrologos.
The excemption in this rule are those of them with a rich history or special architecture (resembling regular castles):
| Castle of Grigorakides Ageranos |  |
| Tower of Kapetanakides Charavgi |  |
| Tower of Kosonakos Kariopolis |  |
| Tower of capetan Christeas Agios Dimitrios |  |
| Tower of Tzanetakis Gythio |  |
| Tower of Panteleakos Flomochori |  |
| Tower of Mesiskli Nomia |  |
| Mavrikos tower Malta |  |
| Tower of Dourakis Kastania |  |
| Tower of Kitriniaris Exohorio |  |
| Fort of Kavallierakis-Fokas Karyoupolis |  |
| War Tower of Kapitsinos Lagada |  |
| Kapetanakis tower Mikri Mantineia |  |
| Goulades castle Mavrovounio |  |
| Tower of Saravas Ano Doloi |  |
| Koumoundouros tower Kampos |  |
| Tower of Lagoudis Briki |  |
| Tower of Sklavounakos Pirgos Dirou |  |
| Tower of Tsikourios Ageranos |  |
| Tower of Grigorakakis Marmari |  |
Castles - Prisons
Every respectable castle had its dudgeons. The list below refers to all castles that were used as state prisons during the 20th century.
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Eptapyrgion The worst prison in Greece. From 1890 until the early 70's |
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Palamidi From the foundation of the new Greek state until 1926. It housed the only guillotine ever operated in Greece. |
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Akronafplia The second worst Greek prison of all times. Operated from 1926 until 1960. It was demolished (the prison, not the entire castle) and the Xenia hotel was built in its place. |
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Intzedin fortress The last death sentence in Greece was executed there (1972). Closed since 1974. |
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Fortress of Assos - Cefalonia Prison farm since the late 20's. Later, a camp for political prisoners. Closed after the devastating earthquake of 1953. |
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Fortress of Margariti A dreadful Turkish prison until 1911. |
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Castle of Pantokrator The castle locally is known as "the prison of Pantokrator" |
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Fortress of Firkas Operated as a prison since the Ottoman period until the Greek Civil war. |
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Niokastro of Pylos Operated as a prison from the period of king Othon until 1936, and again in the periods 1938-39 and 1947-48. |
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Castle of Rio A prison from the early days of the modern Greek state, in 1831, until 1912. |
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Spinaloga Not exactly a prison. It was a leper colony. But sort of a prison. Operated from 1903 until 1957. |
Kouledes of Crete
Kouledes were the small forts built by the Ottomans during the Cretan Revolution of 1866-1869. Some of them have their own page in this site, but most of them not.
All the67 forts of this type (that we know of) are mapped in a special page Kouledes of Crete.
Neo-Gothic buildings
Finally, a special category of mansions in Greece with the ambition to look like castles but the are not castles. These are the remaining neogothic buildings which have their own page in Kastrologos.