Greece · 13th century
Kazarma (Greek: Καζάρμα) (from Italian: Casa di arma, "the guard barracks") is the Venetian-era fortress of the city of Sitia in Crete, Greece. This fortress was built in the 13th Century during Venetian rule on Crete. The Venetians abandoned the town in 1651 and destroyed parts of the fortress to prevent its use by the Turks.
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Kazarma Fortress ranks #4,565 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #62 of the 134 mapped in Greece. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
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