St. George's Fort

St. George's Castle (Greek: Κάστρο Αγίου Γεωργίου, romanized: Kastro Agiou Georgiou; Turkish: Yeni kale, or Hizir kalesi) is an Ottoman fortification located in the city of Preveza, northwestern Greece. It was built in 1807, during the rule of Ali Pasha of Ioannina over the region (1806-1820), and it was constructed on plans drawn by the French engineer Frédéric François Guillaume de Vaudoncourt (1772-1845).

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St. George's Fort ranks #1,816 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #24 of the 87 mapped in Greece. Founded 1807, it is older than 13% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 221 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.

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