Greece · 4th century
Frourio Komotini ranks #8,795 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #113 of the 133 mapped in Greece. Founded c. 350, it is older than 97% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 15 atlas entries founded in the 4th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
The Fortress of Komotini, also known as the Byzantine Wall of Komotini, is a fortification erected in the early Byzantine period (in the 4th century AD) by the emperor Theodosius I (379-395 AD).
Machine-translated from “Φρούριο Κομοτηνής” on the Greek Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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