Pournarokastro, Patra, Achaea,West Greece
Pournarokastro
| Location: |
| Pournarokastro in Achaea, north-western Peloponnese |
| Region > Prefecture: |  |
| West Greece Achaea | |
| Municipality > Town: | |
| City of Patra • Pournarokastro | |
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Elevation ≈ 675 m (Relative Height≈100 m) |
| Time of Construction | Origin | |
| 14th century | FRANKISH  |
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| Castle Type | Condition | |
| Tower |
In Ruins
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A square building on a hill over the village of Pournarokastro near Patra in Peloponnese, at the foot of Panachaikon mountain.
The building was probably a Frankish tower and the last remain of a castle which is identified as Prinarokastro, Cumarocastro, Camerocastro, Curnerocastro, or Cazadarocastro in 1364, 1408, 1463, 1467 and 1471 lists of fiefs.
Travelers of previous centuries report one castle and another tower in the village.
The building that still remains today is a ruined square tower of ca. 2.5 m height, built with roughly hewn porous limestones. The lower part of the southeast corner of the tower exhibits a different construction system of larger well-cut blocks. Remains of walls and rubble piles around the tower could be associated with a circumference wall.
| First entry in Kastrologos: | November 2013 | Last addition of photo/video: | May 2021 |
Sources
- Konstantinos Kourelis, 2003, “MONUMENTS OF RURAL ARCHAEOLOGY MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENTS ΙΝ ΤΗΕ NORTHWESTERN PELOPONNESE”, Presented to the Faculties of the University of Pennsylvania in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, pag.369-370
- ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ, τόμος 50 (1995), τεύχος Β1 - Χρονικά, σελ. 259
- Video by the user Kostas Gertzos ΤΟ ΠΟΥΡΝΑΡΟΚΑΣΤΡΟ ΑΧΑΪΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΚΑΣΤΡΟ ΤΟΥ (DRONE). POURNAROKASTRO CASTLE, ACHAEA, GREECE.
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| Free access |