Chlemoutsi Castle: The Finest Frankish Fortress in Greece
Chlemoutsi Castle, crowning a hill above the west coast of the Peloponnese, is the finest and best-preserved Frankish fortress in Greece. Built in the early thirteenth century by the Crusader prince Geoffrey I of Villehardouin, it guarded the medieval capital of the Frankish Principality of Achaea and its harbour of Glarenza. Its great hexagonal keep … Read more