Greece · 16th century
Fortress of Vardari ranks #8,894 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #118 of the 133 mapped in Greece. Founded 1546, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Thessaloniki, 1 km away. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
The Fortress of Vardari, also known as Top-Hane (tower of the Artillery Depot) or Tabak-Hane (tower of the Tanneries), on account of the tanneries that were established in its area, stands in the western part of the walls of Thessaloniki, at the present-day Law Courts. According to information from the traveller Evliya Çelebi, the Fortress of Vardari was built in the winter of 1546 by sultan Suleiman I the Magnificent during a short stay of his in Thessaloniki, and it may be the work of the architect Mimar Sinan.
Machine-translated from “Φρούριο Βαρδαρίου” on the Greek Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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