Castle of Varnakas

The Castle of Varnakas (in Greek: Κάστρο του Βάρνακα) or Varnazza (in Greek: Βαρνάτσας) is a Byzantine castle in the regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania near the village of Mýtikas and the village of Varnakas, built on a steep rock.

The castle was built in the 13th century by the despots of Epirus in a position that controlled the pass of the same name, which was an important route of the period. In 1460 the castle was taken by the Ottomans. During the Greek War of Independence of 1821 it was already mentioned as being in ruins, but also as the birthplace of the revolutionary general Georgios Varnakiotis.

Machine-translated from “Castillo de Varnaca” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle of Varnakas ranks #7,983 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #120 of the 134 mapped in Greece. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 69% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. The nearest day-trip guide is Patras, 84 km away. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.

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