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は、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,880位（全3,734件中）、ギリシャの87件では26位にランクされています。1593年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の37%より古い城です（16世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の351件のひとつ）。ギリシャが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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