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Argyrokastro castle
🇬🇷 Greece
Argyrokastro (Greek: Αργυρόκαστρο, "silver castle") is a castle in the region of the Peloponnese, Greece. It is located in mountainous Arcadia, near the village of Magouliana, at an elevation of 1,450 m. It is also known as the Gortyniako dynamari (Γορτυνιακό δυναμάρι, "Gortynian stronghold").
The castle was erected during the Frankish rule by the Villehardouin dynasty of the Principality of Achaea, and served as their summer retreat.
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Argyrokastro castle ranks #3,315 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #53 of the 87 mapped in Greece. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
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