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Bourtzi Castle

The water castle of Bourtzi is a Venetian castle located in the middle of the harbour of .
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  • Opening hours:
    October—March: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
    April: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
    May—September: 9:00 AM—9:00 PM
    January 1st, March 25th, May 1st, and December 25th: closed
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: islet - fortress in Nafplio, Greece
  • Also known as: “Bourtzi”, “Kasteli”, “Nisida Bourtzi”, “Nisís Boúrtzi”, “Thalassopyrgos”, and “Vrakhonisís Boúrtzi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Archaelogical Museum and Folk Art Museum.

Museum
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio is a in the town of of the region in . It has exhibits of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Helladic, Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods from all over southern .

Museum
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The Basil Papantoniou Foundation or BPF is a nonprofit cultural institution and museum based in Nafplion, . It was founded in 1974 by the stage and costume designer Ioanna Papantoniou in memory of her father Vasilis Papantoniou.

Theater building
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The , also known as the Old Mosque is a former in the town of , in the region of . Completed in the 16th century, during the Ottoman era, it is the oldest surviving example of Ottoman architecture in Nafplion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nafplio and Tiryns.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small town in . A romantic downtown with cozy streets, a great place to stay for radial travelling around Peloponnese.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km north of Bourtzi Castle.

Village
is a community in the municipality of , , southern . It consists of the villages and Exostis. Its population is 3,529. is situated 3½ km east of Bourtzi Castle.

Bourtzi Castle

Latitude
37.56971° or 37° 34′ 11″ north
Longitude
22.79054° or 22° 47′ 26″ east
Inception
1473
Open location code
8G94HQ9R+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 281216338
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
263389
Wiki­data ID
Q603886
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Western Armenian—“Bourtzi Castle” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nisís Boúrtzion”
  • Chinese: “布尔齐城堡”
  • Chinese: “布尔齐岛”
  • Chinese: “布爾齊城堡”
  • Finnish: “Boúrtzi”
  • French: “Bourtzi”
  • French: “forteresse Bourdzi”
  • French: “Forteresse Bourdzi”
  • German: “Bourtzi”
  • Greek: “Nisída Boúrtzi”
  • Greek: “Θαλασσόπυργος”
  • Greek: “Καστέλι”
  • Greek: “Μπούρτζι Ναυπλίου”
  • Greek: “Μπούρτζι”
  • Greek: “Νησίδα Μπούρτζι”
  • Greek: “Νησίς Μπούρτζιον”
  • Italian: “Bourtzi”
  • Lithuanian: “Bourtzi”
  • Lithuanian: “Burdzis”
  • Polish: “Bourtzi”
  • Polish: “Burdzi”
  • Russian: “Бурдзи”
  • Russian: “Бурдзион”
  • Swedish: “Nisís Boúrtzion”
  • Tatar: “Бурдзи кальгасы”
  • Ukrainian: “Бурдзі”
  • Western Armenian: “Պուրծի բերդ”

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