Greece · 20th century
Oxyro Nymfaias ranks #8,778 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #110 of the 133 mapped in Greece. Founded 1936, one of 161 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
Oxyro Nymfaias is a military museum located 17 kilometres north of Komotini near the Greek-Bulgarian border. The fort was built in 1936-1940 and is one of the fortification works of Ioannis Metaxas. The fort of Nymfaia is famous today for the battle that took place on 6-9 April 1941 when the German army attacked and finally captured the fort. Since 2000 Oxyro Nymfaias has operated as a military museum.
To the north-west of the fort the Pontic cultural events Parcharia are organised each year.
Machine-translated from “Οχυρό Νυμφαίας” on the Greek Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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