Fortress
Fort of Saint Nicholas
🇬🇷 Greece · 15th century
The Fort of Saint Nicholas, or fortress of Agios Nikolaos or lighthouse of Agios Nikolaos (Modern Greek: φρούριο Αγίου Νικολάου), is a 15th-century fortress and a 17th-century sea lighthouse of the city of Rhodes, on the north-eastern tip of the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea in Greece.
Machine-translated from “Forteresse Saint-Nicolas (Rhodes)” on the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort of Saint Nicholas ranks #6,393 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #84 of the 134 mapped in Greece. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 49% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 454 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort of Saint Nicholas?
Fort of Saint Nicholas stands in Greece, at 36.4511°, 28.2279°.
When was Fort of Saint Nicholas built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1450. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort of Saint Nicholas?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,393 of 8,133 worldwide, and #84 in Greece. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort of Saint Nicholas?
Fortifications of Rhodes, about 1 km away.
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