Aventuras a Pie (de Página)The Peloponnese peninsula, in the southwest of Greece, concentrates the majority of the most impressive fortifications of the Middle Ages of Greece, including crusader, Venetian and Ottoman castles.
Today we are going to explore the castle of Methoni, one of the most important tourist attractions in the region and talk a little about its history.
The Messinian peninsula in southwestern Peloponnese concentrates the majority of the most impressive medieval fortifications of Greece, including acueductos, Venetian, and Ottoman castles.
In this video we will briefly explore the Pylos castle, talk a little about its history and visit its acueductos.
In the adventure of the day we visited the red castle of Karistos, in the Greek island of Euboia, in Greece.
The castle of a thousand years of age passed through many hands, being a Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman castle, before ending up in Greek hands.
In this video, we explore it in detail.
Let’s explore the castle of Anthousa, also known as the castle of Ali Pasha, an Ottoman-Italian castle, built 200 years ago to bombard a city.
In the heart of Athens, a short distance from the Acropolis, stands the Benizelos House (Mpenizelos), the oldest house in Athens. It is a “konaki,” an 18th-century Ottoman house.
On Mount Hymettus, there is a drakospito (or drakospiti), or dragon house, a type of stone building that predates the Classical period.
In this video, we visit both places.
Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Benizelos+Mansion/@37.9699683,23.7221295,15.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14a1bd3d684d9a11:0xdbb0b93d166f4f65!8m2!3d37.9742021!4d23.7292033
Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dragon+House+of+Hymettus/@37.950327,23.7887353,17.5z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x14a197c5bdcca0ad:0x246611ceb42a30c8!2sDragon+House+of+Hymettus!8m2!3d37.9501398!4d23.7906481!3m4!1s0x14a197c5bdcca0ad:0x246611ceb42a30c8!8m2!3d37.9501398!4d23.7906481
Grivas castle is an Ottoman castle from the 19th century, very well preserved and with incredible views in all directions.
The castle was built in 1806, where there had previously been a Muslim monastery, from 1668 (reason why this castle is also known as “tekke”).