🇬🇷 Greece
20 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Karababa, 1 km west of the city centre; the most famous is Acropolis of Athens — #2 of 7,738 worldwide — 56 km south. The oldest dated site in the circle is Acrocorinth, founded 700 BC.
Every one of them stands in Greece — the country page shows the full national picture.
1 km west · Castle
Karababa is a fortification situated on a hill on the mainland coast of the town of Chalcis, in the regional unit of Euboea, in Greece.
56 km south · Fortress · #2 worldwide
The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several…
37 km south-east · Palace & château
Tatoi was the summer palace and 42 km2 estate of the former Greek royal family.
56 km south · Palace & château
The Old Royal Palace is the first royal palace of modern Greece. It is a neoclassical building situated at the heart of modern Athens, facing onto…
56 km south · Palace & château
The Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, is the official residence of the president of the Hellenic Republic.
29 km south-west · Fortress
The Cadmea, or Cadmeia, was the citadel of ancient Thebes, Greece, which was named after Cadmus, the legendary founder of Thebes.
36 km west · Fortress
Gla, also called Glas, was an important fortified site of the Mycenaean civilization, located in Boeotia, mainland Greece.
47 km south-west · Ruin
Aigosthena was an ancient Greek fortified port city of Megaris, 19 km northwest of the ancient city of Megara to which it belonged.
56 km south-west · Fortress
Siphae or Siphai, also known as Tipha, was a town of ancient Boeotia, upon the Corinthian Gulf, which was said to have derived its name from Tiphys,…
52 km south-east · Palace & château
Rododafni castle is a palace in Penteli, Greece. It is located on the Lord Byron street on the slope of mount Pentelicus.
48 km east · Castle
Potiri Castle is a medieval fortress in the centre of the Greek island of Euboea.
36 km south · Fortress
The fortress of Phyle, named after the deme of the same name in which it lies, is situated in the Parnitha mountains in the Greek region of Attica.
37 km south-west · Ruin
The Fortress of Eleutherai is an archaeological site located in northern Attica, Greece.
90 km south-west · Castle · #190 worldwide
Acrocorinth is a monolithic rock overlooking the ancient city of Corinth, Greece.
70 km west · Fortress
Panopeus, or Phanoteus, was a Greek town of ancient Phocis, near the frontier of Boeotia, and on the road from Daulis to Chaeronea.
80 km south · Palace & château
Paliachora, also known as Palaia Chora and Palaiochora is an abandoned Medieval settlement on Aegina, one of the islands off the coast of Attica in…
84 km north · Castle
Skiathos Castle or simply Kastro is a medieval fortified site on the northern tip of the island of Skiathos in Greece, which was the main settlement…
87 km south-east · Castle
Castelo Rosso, also Kokkinokastro or the fortress of Karystos, is a medieval castle located in southern Euboea.
63 km west · Castle
The Medieval Castle of Levadia was built initially by the Byzantines and later by the Franks.
96 km south-west · Castle
The castle of Nea Epidavros, or Castle of Piada, is a Venetian castle whose construction dates back to the 13th century.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q200133.
The Castlemap atlas maps 20 landmarks (7 castles · 6 fortresses · 5 palaces & châteaux · 2 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Chalkída, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Karababa, a castle 1 km west of the city centre.
Acropolis of Athens, ranked #2 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 56 km south from Chalkída.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Acrocorinth, founded 700 BC — 90 km south-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Athens (54 km) · Patras (164 km) · Kalamata (205 km) · Thessaloniki (249 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
