Cheimerini Meligou, North Kynouria, Arcadia,Peloponnese
Kastraki of Meligou
| Location: |
| On a hill 600m SE of the village Meligou in Arcadia, next to the church of Agioi Apostoloi |
| Region > Prefecture: |  |
| Peloponnese Arcadia | |
| Municipality > Town: | |
| City of North Kynouria • Cheimerini Meligou | |
| Altitude: | |
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Elevation ≈ 60 m (Relative Height≈30 m) |
| Time of Construction | Origin | |
| perhaps 17th cent. | OTTOMAN  |
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| Castle Type | Condition | |
| Tower House |
Average
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A tower-mansion of the Turkish period on the low hill “Kastraki”, at a location where there are traces of fortifications of various earlier periods.
This type of mansions were built by Ottoman landlords in the 17th and mainly the 18th century.However the church on the hill, very close to the mansion, was built in 1611. That means that the tower was most probably built either a little before or at the same time with the church, i.e. in the beginning of 17th century.
| First entry in Kastrologos: | October 2019 |
Sources
- Website astroparalio - Το Καστράκι της Μελιγούς
- Website e-castles - Καστράκι Μελιγούς
- Πέππας Ι., Μεσαιωνικές σελίδες της Κορινθίας και Μορέως, 178
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ, issue 62-B1 / 2007, page 293 (ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑ Δ. ΔΗΛΕ)
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| Entrance: |
| Free access. |