5100 x 3414 px | 43,2 x 28,9 cm | 17 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
4. August 2009
Ort:
Kythera island, Greece
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The Castle of Milopotamos is not only of the most significant sight-seeings in the area, but in the whole island, as well. It was built by the Venetians, in 1565 AD, after the destruction of the old capital -Palaiohora- by the pirate Barbarossa, in 1537. Above the central gate, the blazon of the "Lion of St Marcus and the Venetians", is beautiful carved. The Castle housed the residencies of the rich and the powerful families, store houses and laboratories for producing aliments. Today, here stand the ruins of the old houses and part of the castle's walls. From the Castle's single-nave marble temples with the beautiful painted walls, the only ones still existing are the churches of Agios Athantasios, Agios Ioannis Hrissostomos and Agios Cosmas. From Milopotamos' Castle on can distinguish the ruins of the School built during the English Occupation, by Mackvel, in 1825.
