The Castle of Saint George in Kefalonia: The Island’s Medieval Capital

The Venetian walls of the Castle of Saint George above Peratata, Kefalonia

The Castle of Saint George, known in Greek as the Kastro or the fortress of Agios Georgios. Crowns a hill of roughly 300 metres above the village of Peratata in the Livatho plain. It sits about 7 km southeast of Argostoli, the modern capital of Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian islands. First raised by … Read more