Assos Castle

The Assos Castle (Greek: Κάστρο της Άσσου, romanized: Kastro tis Assou) is a Venetian fortification on Kefalonia island in western Greece.

Together with St George's Castle, the castle of Assos is a fine example of military architecture of the island of Kefalonia—British general Charles James Napier described it as 'stronger than Gibraltar'—and one of its main tourist attractions. It overlooks the bay of Agia Kyriaki, north of Paliki, and could act as a base from which to defend the island, to protect against pirates as well as a naval invasion. The castle stands on the top of a 170m high rocky hill, which encompasses the entire peninsula of Assos. The castle is protected by a wall of 2000 meters length, and covers an area of 44,000 sq. meters.

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Assos Castle ranks #1883 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #28 of the 114 mapped in Grecia. Fundado en 1593, más antiguo que el 38% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 495 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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