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This imposing castle, with its 216 m, enjoys
a Panhellenic fame. The prehistoric settlement found here
indicates that there were not only the younger who tried
to conquer it. Two-year pride of the Venetians was completed in 1714. The bastions with the |
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Venetian names, came to the hands of the Turks in 1715.
The change names for third time, when Greeks regain it in
November 30th 1822. Except from the bastion of Saint
Andrew there are also the bastions of : Fokionas,
Themistokles, Miltiades, Epaminondas, Leonidas, Achilles.
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Miltiades bastion was used as the jail of the
hero of the Greek revolution Kolokotronis. A road of asphalt leads from the suburb of Pronoia inside Palamidi. The view from Palamidi is awesome. The 999 steps, built by the Bavarian army who used the convicts for that, offer the visitor an exciting descending. Inside the homonymous bastion of the fortress lies the church of Saint Andrew. It has a hemicylindrical dome and its half east side steals into one of the arches that support the walk of the walls. The open part of the church is double-aisled. |
