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Turbo
March 26, 2024
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Entry is free. The complex is huge and impressive and if you want to see everything, you have to cover several meters in altitude
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Rainer
April 16, 2026
Hiking
The fortress of Akrokorinth (Greek for "Upper Corinth") is one of the most impressive and oldest defensive structures in Greece. It towers over the ancient city of Corinth on a 575-meter-high table mountain and served for millennia as a strategically crucial control point for access to the Peloponnese.
The complex is a "Stone History Book", in which architectural traces from numerous eras merge:
The complex is a "Stone History Book", in which architectural traces from numerous eras merge:
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Rainer
April 16, 2026
Hiking
- Antiquity & Mycenaean Period: The earliest use dates back to the 14th century BC. The famous Temple of Aphrodite once stood on the summit.
- Middle Ages & Modern Era: The walls were successively reinforced and used by Byzantines, Crusaders (Franks), Venetians, and Ottomans.
Due to its location, it was called the "All-Seeing of the Peloponnese" as it allowed surveillance of both the Isthmus of Corinth and large parts of the northeastern Peloponnese. Griechenland.de +3
The complex is huge, spread over several levels with three defensive walls.
Even for a quick walkthrough, 2 hours are needed.
- Middle Ages & Modern Era: The walls were successively reinforced and used by Byzantines, Crusaders (Franks), Venetians, and Ottomans.
Due to its location, it was called the "All-Seeing of the Peloponnese" as it allowed surveillance of both the Isthmus of Corinth and large parts of the northeastern Peloponnese. Griechenland.de +3
The complex is huge, spread over several levels with three defensive walls.
Even for a quick walkthrough, 2 hours are needed.
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