Kástro Chíou

Kástro Chíou is a castle in North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands. Kástro Chíou is situated nearby to the station Chios Harbour, as well as near Byzantine Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Byzantine Museum and Chios Harbour.

Byzantine Museum

Museum

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The Chios Byzantine Museum is a history museum in Chios, in the North Aegean region of Greece. The museum is located in a former mosque, the Mecidiye Mosque, built in the 19th century during the Ottoman era, that was abandoned in 1912. Byzantine Museum is situated 350 metres south of Kástro Chíou.

Chios Harbour

Station

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Chios Harbour is a station, which is situated 160 metres south of Kástro Chíou.

Archaeological Museum of Chios

Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Chios is a museum located on Michalon Street in Chios town, Chios, Greece. Designed by the Greek architects Souzána Antonakáki and Dimitris Antonakakis & Eleni Gousi-Desylla in 1965, it has been widely regarded as a significant building in the architectural history of modern Greece. Archaeological Museum of Chios is situated 1 km south of Kástro Chíou.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chios and Vrontados.

Chios

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Chios is the main town and a former municipality on the Greek island of Chios in the North Aegean. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Chios, of which it is a municipal unit.

Vrontados

Town

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Vrontados is a small coastal town located at the eastern part of the island of Chios in Greece. With a population of about 5,300, the town hosts the seat of the municipal unit of Omiroupoli. Vrontados is situated 4 km north of Kástro Chíou.

Dafnonas

Village

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Dafnonas is a village on the center of the island of Chios, located in the North Aegean islands region of Greece. Its population was 366 as of the 2021 census. Dafnonas is situated 6 km southwest of Kástro Chíou.

Kástro Chíou

Type: Castle
Also known as: “Kastro Chiou”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

38.37359° or 38° 22′ 25″ north

Longitude

26.13722° or 26° 8′ 14″ east

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Open location code

8GC894FP+CV

GeoNames ID

11498935

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In Other Languages

“Kástro Chíou” goes by many names.

Greek: “Kástro Chíou”
Greek: “Κάστρο Χίου”

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