Greece
Ionian Islands
Corfu

Cape Palacrum

Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on the island of , . It is located at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline in the northwest coast near and built on particularly precipitous and rocky terrain.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Byzantine castle near Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece
  • Also known as: “Ákra Angelókastron”, “Ákra Falakró”, “Akra Falakron”, “Akra Taxiarchis”, “Angelokastro”, “Angelokastro Castle”, “Falakrón”, “Phalakron”, and “Stalíki”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of Paleokastritsa.

Monastery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krini and Lakones.

Village
is a small village on the island of . The Castle of Angelokastro is located at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a village in northwestern , . Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians and the bay of to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time.

Cape Palacrum

Latitude
39.67827° or 39° 40′ 42″ north
Longitude
19.68658° or 19° 41′ 12″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8FFXMMHP+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228175134
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2463790
Wiki­data ID
Q536865
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Cape Palacrum” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Ангелокастро (Корфу)”
  • Bulgarian: “Ангелокастро”
  • Cebuano: “Ákra Taxiárchis”
  • Chinese: “天使城堡”
  • Finnish: “Angelókastro (Korfu)”
  • Finnish: “Angelókastro”
  • French: “Angelókastro”
  • German: “Angelokastro”
  • Greek: “Αγγελόκαστρο Κέρκυρας”
  • Greek: “Αγγελόκαστρο”
  • Greek: “Άκρα Ταξιάρχης”
  • Italian: “Angelokastro”
  • Italian: “Santangelo”
  • Italian: “Αγγελόκαστρο”
  • Spanish: “Angelokastro”
  • Swedish: “Ákra Taxiárchis”
  • Turkish: “Angelokastro”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангелокастро”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Makrades and Vistonas.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church of Archangel Michael and Chapel of Saint Kyriaki.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape Palacrum”. Photo: Dr.K., CC BY-SA 3.0.