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LIMNOS HERITAGE

The Castle

of
Myrina
13th BC

Welcome to the historical castle of Lemnos

The castle or kastro of Myrina, one of the largest kastra in the Aegean, looms impregnable and proud over the volcanic crags of the precipitous peninsula on which the city is built. Over the centuries, the castle has experienced several sieges and different rulers in its checkered history.

The castle
  • ALTITUDE
    114m
  • AREA
    14.4 hectares
  • FIRST FORTIFICATION
    By the Minyans
  • PRESENT FORM
    Ottoman

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144
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Habitation & Rock-cut Constructions

Many rock-cut constructions of various sizes, which have been identified at different heights, attest the use of the site. They comprise diverse spaces, rooms, steps, ramps and paths, apertures and concavities, channels, conches and flat areas, as well as petroglyphs incised in niches, on walls and floors of the rock-cut spaces or close to concavities.

The construction of the castle

The present aspect of the fortress was created in the course of the centuries and is the result of repairs, reconstructions, extensions and additions by the various rulers, Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans.

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Timeline

The castle looms unassailable and haughty above the steep promontory on which the city stands.
1912 – Greek Sovereignty
Post-1912 – Greek Sovereignty
1657 - 1912
Third Period of Ottoman Rule
1656 - 1657
Last Period of Venetian Rule
1479 - 1656
Second Period of Ottoman Rule
1464 - 1479
Third Period of Venetian Rule
1279 - 1453
Byzantine Empire
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Partial view of the east fortification wall.
Partial view of the east fortification wall.
Partial view of the east fortification wall.
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