The atlas

Castles in the Peloponnese

31 landmarks in the atlas.

The Castlemap atlas charts 18 castles, 4 fortresses, 1 palace & château and 8 ruins in the Peloponnese. They span from 1300 BC to 1714.

The best known is Mystras, #68 of 7,738 worldwide.

Where they are

Country pages: Greece.

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All 31 in the Peloponnese

Mystras
Ruin · 13th century · #68 worldwide · #2 in Greece
Mystras or Mistras, also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras, is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia,…
Acrocorinth
Castle · 7th century BC · #190 worldwide · #4 in Greece
Acrocorinth is a monolithic rock overlooking the ancient city of Corinth, Greece.
Lion Gate
Fortress · 13th century BC · #266 worldwide · #5 in Greece
The Lion Gate is the popular modern name for the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in Southern Greece.
Palace of Nestor
Ruin · 13th century BC · #9 in Greece
The Palace of Nestor was an important centre in Mycenaean times and is traditionally identified with the palace of the Homeric king Nestor at "sandy…
Palamidi
Fortress · 18th century · #11 in Greece
Palamidi is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece.
Chlemoutsi
Castle · 13th century · #25 in Greece
Chlemoutsi, also known as Clermont, is a medieval castle in the northwest of the Elis regional unit in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece,…
Acronauplia
Fortress · #26 in Greece
The Acronauplia is the oldest part of the city of Nafplion in Greece. Until the thirteenth century, it was a town on its own.
Larissa Fortress
Ruin · #27 in Greece
Larisa is the ancient and medieval acropolis of Argos, located on a high rocky hill, within the town's boundaries to the west.
Old Navarino Castle
Castle · 13th century · #28 in Greece
The Old Navarino castle is a 13th-century Frankish fortress near Pylos, Greece.
Methoni Castle
Castle · 13th century · #29 in Greece
The Castle of Methoni is a medieval fortification in the port town of Methoni, Messenia, in southwestern Greece.
New Navarino Fortress
Fortress · 13th century · #32 in Greece
The fortress of New Navarino is an Ottoman fortification near Pylos, Greece. It is one of two castles guarding the strategic Bay of Pylos, on which…
Kalamata Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #57 in Greece
The Castle of Kalamata is a ruined medieval fortress in Kalamata, the capital of Messenia in southern Greece.
Araklovon Castle
Castle · 8th century · #60 in Greece
Araklovon, rarely known with the variant Oreoklovon and in French as Bucelet and variants thereof, was a medieval castle of the Byzantine era located…
Palaiochora
Palace & château · #66 in Greece
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…
Mystras Castle
Castle · #68 in Greece
Mystras Castle, also known as the castle of Villehardouin, is the fortress dominating the medieval town of Mystras, in Greece.
Pontikokastro
Castle · #69 in Greece
Pontikokastro, known in French as Beauvoir and Italian as Belveder during the late Middle Ages, is a Byzantine castle in Agios Andreas, Katakolo, in…
Argyrokastro castle
Castle · #73 in Greece
Argyrokastro is a castle in the region of the Peloponnese, Greece. It is located in mountainous Arcadia, near the village of Magouliana, at an…
Akova Castle
Castle · #75 in Greece
The Akova Castle is a medieval fortification in Gortynia, Arcadia, Greece. The medieval castle, also known as Mattegriffon, is built on top of a…
Castle of Koroni
Castle · #77 in Greece
The Castle of Koroni was built in Byzantine times on the site where the city of ancient Asine once stood.
Passavas Castle
Ruin · #87 in Greece
Las was a Lacedaemonian perioecic town which later belonged to the Eleutherolaconians. Las was an important port of Sparta.
Paralio Astros Castle
Castle · 13th century · #89 in Greece
Paralio Astros Castle is a medieval castle located on the summit of the hill of Paralio Astros, 4 kilometres from Astros.
Mouchli Castle
Castle · #93 in Greece
Mouchli was a Byzantine town and castle in the Tegean plain in the Peloponnese in Greece.
Kalavryta Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #95 in Greece
Kalavryta Castle, also known as the castle of Oria, stands on a hill east of the town of Kalavryta, about 1.5 kilometres from the centre.
Mylopotamos Castle
Castle · 16th century · #97 in Greece
Mylopotamos Castle, locally known as the Castle of Kato Chora Mylopotamou, is thought to have been built at the beginning of the 16th century as a…
Kelefa Castle
Castle · #112 in Greece
Kelefa Castle is a former Turkish fortress of the Eastern Mani, in the regional unit of Laconia, in Greece.
Damalas Castle
Castle · 13th century · #115 in Greece
Damalas Castle is the acropolis of ancient Troezen, which was also inhabited during the Middle Ages, under Frankish rule.
Egyptokastro
Castle · 14th century · #117 in Greece
Egyptokastro, also known as Gyftokastro, the Castle of Arla or the Castle of Fostaina, is a castle-tower that survives to this day in Achaea.
Saflaouro Castle
Castle · #118 in Greece
Saflaouro Castle, or the Castle of Saflaouros, also referred to as the Castle of Lantzounato, or Saflaouri, or Savlaouros, or Saflaouros, or the…
Castle of Tartaris
Ruin · #119 in Greece
The Castle of Tartaris, or Castle of Sopoto, is a Frankish structure of the 13th century whose ruins survive today near the village of Sopoto in the…
Κάστρο της Οχιάς
Ruin · #121 in Greece
The name Κάστρο της Οχιάς, also Oreias or Orias, is given to the ruins of a medieval castle and also of a settlement in Elis.
Castle of Piada
Castle · 13th century · #122 in Greece
The castle of Nea Epidavros, or Castle of Piada, is a Venetian castle whose construction dates back to the 13th century.