Argyrokastro Castle

For other uses, see Argyrokastro (disambiguation).

For the castle in Albania, see Gjirokastër Castle.

Argyrokastro (Greek: Αργυρόκαστρο, "silver castle") is a castle in the region of the Peloponnese, Greece. It is located in mountainous Arcadia, near the village of Magouliana, at an elevation of 1,450 m. It is also known as the Gortyniako dynamari (Γορτυνιακό δυναμάρι, "Gortynian stronghold").

The castle was erected during the Frankish rule by the Villehardouin dynasty of the Principality of Achaea, and served as their summer retreat.

External links

Magouliana homepage (Greek)
Magouliana Castle (Greek)

Frankish and Latin Greece (1204-1797)

History	Fourth Crusade Constantinople 1203 Constantinople 1204 Partitio Romaniae Kountouras Grove Treaty of Nymphaeum Constantinople 1235 Genoese occupation of Rhodes War of the Euboeote Succession Pelagonia Constantinople 1260 Constantinople 1261 Treaty of Viterbo Prinitza Makryplagi Settepozzi Neopatras Demetrias Halmyros Manolada Chios Byzantine–Genoese War Revolt of Saint Titus Echinades 1st Ottoman–Venetian War Rhodes 1480 2nd Ottoman–Venetian War Rhodes 1522 3rd Ottoman–Venetian War 4th Ottoman–Venetian War 5th Ottoman–Venetian War Siege of Candia 6th Ottoman–Venetian War 7th Ottoman–Venetian War

Major centres	Cities: Constantinople Thessaloniki Glarentza Patras Athens Islands: Crete Chios Rhodes Naxos

States and territories	Latin Empire Kingdom of Thessalonica Principality of Achaea (Akova Arcadia Argos and Nauplia Chalandritsa Estamira Geraki Gritzena Kalavryta Karytaina Nikli Passavant Patras Veligosti and Damala Vostitsa) Duchy of Athens (Salona Marquisate of Bodonitsa) Duchy of Neopatras County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos Lordship of Chios Catalan Company Navarrese Company Knights Hospitaller Triarchy of Negroponte Duchy of the Archipelago Stato da Màr of the Republic of Venice (Kingdom of Candia Ionian Islands Modon and Coron Kingdom of the Morea Lepanto Parga Preveza)

People	Latin Emperors Latin Empresses Latin Patriarch of Constantinople Princes of Achaea Princesses of Achaea Archbishops of Patras Archbishops of Corinth Tocco Carlo I Acciaioli Antonio I Angevins Charles I of Naples Gattilusi Pallavicini family Villehardouin family Geoffrey I William II Marco I Sanudo Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat Knights Hospitaller Pierre d'Aubusson Juan Fernández de Heredia Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam Foulques de Villaret Roger de Flor Zaccaria Benedetto I Martino Centurione II

Cultural impact	Chronicle of the Morea Chronicle of the Tocco Assizes of Romania Roman Catholicism in Greece Cretan School Cretan literature

Monuments	Argyrokastro Castle Castle of Chios Chlemoutsi Exomvourgo Fortifications of Rhodes Grand Magne Isova Old Navarino castle Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes Platamon Castle Zaraka Monastery Venetian: Arkadi Monastery Bourtzi (Nafplio) Frangokastello Fortezza of Rethymno Fortifications of Chania Fortifications of Heraklion Gouverneto Monastery Koules Fortress New Fortress, Corfu Old Fortress, Corfu Palamidi

Coordinates: 37°41′02″N 22°07′55″E / 37.684°N 22.132°E / 37.684; 22.132

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