Leuktron Castle
The castle of Leuktron or Beaufort is a late medieval fortification in Greece in the southern Peloponnese, on the Mani Peninsula. It is on the eastern shore of the Messenian Gulf, close to the ancient settlement of Leuctra and the modern village of Stoupa.- Type: Castle
- Description: medieval fortress at Stoupi, Messenia
- Also known as: “Beaufort castle”, “Lefktro Castle”, “Leuctro castle”, and “Leuktro castle”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stoupa and Agios Nikolaos.
Stoupa
Village
Photo: Mollerup, Public domain.
Stoupa is a village on the coast of the southern Peloponnese peninsula in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Lefktro within the municipality of West Mani, in Messenia and the historic region of Mani Peninsula.
Agios Nikolaos
Village
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aghios Nikolaos, Agios Nikolaos or Saint Nicholas, is a fishing village in the Mani Peninsula in southern Greece about 30 kilometres south-east of Kalamata, on the eastern shore of the Messenian Gulf, and about 4 kilometres south of Stoupa, a larger tourist village. Agios Nikolaos is situated 2½ km southeast of Leuktron Castle.
Petrovoúni
Hamlet
Petrovouni is a small village on the escarpment above Kardamyli on the Mani Peninsula in Messenia on the southern Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is the home to the Karaveli Monastery and the Faneromeni Monastery of Mani. Petrovoúni is situated 6 km north of Leuktron Castle.
Leuktron Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Mani, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.84272° or 36° 50′ 34″ northLongitude
22.26506° or 22° 15′ 54″ eastOpen location code
8G84R7V8+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 347967437OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q16329497
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Turkish—“Leuktron Castle” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Κάστρο Λεύκτρου”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Μπωφόρ”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Leuctro”
- Turkish: “Lefktro Kalesi”
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Highlights include Castle of Beaufort and Αγία Τριάς.
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