Castle of Kalamata (Kalamata)

 castle, archaeological site, fortification, Medieval / Middle Ages

The Castle of Kalamata is fortified building that is in the modern city of Kalamata.
Located on a hill in the northwest of the town where in his foothills passes the river Nedontas . The interior of the castle included a fortified citadel and have found and temple ruins .
In antiquity the hill the mythological hero Faris had built the acropolis of the ancient city of Farai . There was the palace of the kings of the city mentioned among those who took part in the Trojan war . In the 6th century AD on the ancient ruins built Christian church and then the Byzantines fortified place again .
During the Frankish reconstructed by Villehardouins and added new fortifications . Geoffrey A Villehardouin did domiciled and headquartered weights of Kalamata , remained in the hands of the family until 1325 when it was conquered by the Byzantines , the last owner of the Macho Hainault . In the 15th century it passed into the hands of the Ottomans and the period 1685 to 1715 the Venetians where maintenance of existing fortifications and added new ones.
In the 19th century goes into decline and in 1821 was occupied by the Greeks during the revolution . In 1825 the siege Ibrahim and creates major disasters .

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