Salmeniko Castle

The Salmeniko Castle (Greek: Κάστρο του Σαλμενίκου, Kastro tou Salmenikou) or Orgia or Oria Castle (Κάστρο Οργιάς/Ωριάς, cf. Kastro tis Orias) was a castle at the foot of Panachaiko mountain, in the modern municipality of Aigialeia, Achaea, Greece. In 1461 it was the last garrison of the Byzantine Empire, holding out until eight years after the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

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Salmeniko Castle ranks #2,664 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #37 of the 87 mapped in Greece. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.

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