Chlemoutsi
Chlemoutsi, also known as Clermont, is a medieval castle in the northwest of the Elis regional unit in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece, in the Kastro-Kyllini municipality.- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval castle in Elis regional unit, Greece
- Also known as: “Castel Tornese”, “Clermont”, and “Κάστρο Κυλλήνης”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moni Vlachernon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kastro and Lygia.
Lygia
Village
Lygia is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Vartholomio, Elis, Greece. The community includes the villages Arkoudi, Glyfa, Ioniki and Paralia. Lygia is situated 3½ km south of Chlemoutsi.
Machos
Village
Machos is a community in the municipal unit of Vartholomio, northwestern Elis, Greece. It is situated in a rural plain, 2 km west of Dimitra, 3 km southwest of Neochori and 2 km northwest of Vartholomio. Machos is situated 5 km east of Chlemoutsi.
Chlemoutsi
- Categories: fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Andravida-Kyllini, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.89068° or 37° 53′ 27″ north
Longitude
21.14106° or 21° 8′ 28″ east
Elevation
214 metres (702 feet)
Inception
1220
Open location code
8G93V4RR+7C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Vietnamese—“Chlemoutsi” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хлемуци”
- Chinese: “赫萊穆齊城堡”
- Dutch: “Chlemoutsi”
- Finnish: “Chlemoútsi”
- French: “château de Clermont”
- French: “Château Tornese”
- French: “Chlemoutsi”
- French: “Chlemoútsi”
- German: “Burg Tornese”
- German: “Chlemoutsi”
- German: “Clermont”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Κλερμόν”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Χλεμούτσι”
- Greek: “Φρούριο Χλεμούτσι”
- Greek: “Χλεμούτσι”
- Italian: “Castel Tornese”
- Italian: “Chlemoutsi”
- Japanese: “フレムツィ城”
- Russian: “Клермон”
- Russian: “Хлемуци”
- Spanish: “Chlemoutsi”
- Ukrainian: “Хлемуці”
- Vietnamese: “Chlemoutsi”
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