Assos Castle
The Assos Castle is a Venetian fortification on Kefalonia island in western Greece. Together with St George's Castle, the castle of Assos is a fine example of military architecture of the island of Kefalonia—British general Charles James Napier described it as 'stronger than Gibraltar'—and one of its main tourist attractions.- Castle
- …lies at an elevation of around 90 metres (300 feet)
- …dates from 1596
- Description: castle in Greece
- Also known as“Assos castle, Cephallonia”“Assos Fortress”“Froúrion”“Froúrion Ássos”“Kastro Assou”“Kástron Ássos”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Asos and Kothreas.
Vasilikiades
Village
Vasilikiades is a village in the Erisos region in north Kefalonia, a western Greek island. Vasilikiades is situated 4 km northeast of Assos Castle.
Assos Castle
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Latitude
38.38199° or 38° 22′ 55″ north
Longitude
20.53307° or 20° 31′ 59″ east
Open location code
8GC29GJM+Q6
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Assos Castle” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Асос”
- Cebuano: “Kástro Ássou”
- Chinese: “阿索斯城堡”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة اسوس”
- French: “Forteresse d’Assos”
- Greek: “Kástro Ássou”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Άσσου”
- Greek: “Κάστρο της Άσσου Κεφαλονιάς”
- Greek: “Κάστρο της Άσσου”
- Greek: “Φρούριο Άσου”
- Greek: “Φρούριο Άσσου”
- Italian: “Castello di Assos”
- Russian: “Асос”
- Swedish: “Kástro Ássou”
- Turkish: “Assos Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ассос”
- Ukrainian: “Ассу”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Ассос”
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