Greece · 14th century
Mithymna Castle, the castle or fortress of Molyvos (or of Mithymna), is located in the town of Molyvos (ancient Mithymna), in the north of Lesbos, and is the second largest castle on the island. It was built - upon the ancient Greek and the Byzantine acropolis - by the Gattilusi lords of Lesbos in the 14th century, and afterwards the Ottomans made repairs and additions.
Machine-translated from “Κάστρο Μολύβου” on the Greek Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mithymna Castle ranks #7,514 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #88 of the 133 mapped in Greece. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
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