Castle Of Pylos (Niokastro) - Messinia | Greece [4K] 

Niokastro of Navarino is located in the Peloponnese, to the west of the town of Pylos, at the south-west end of the gulf of Navarino, opposite the southern end of the historical island of Sphaktiria and essentially controlled the southern entrance to the gulf. It is the second and newest castle of Navarino, which is located near the entrance to the port of Pylos.
Pylos Castle is one of the best preserved fortresses in Greece, a splendid example of sixteenthcentury military architecture. It was built by the Turks in 1573, two years after their defeat by the Christian allies at Lepanto, the last great sea-battle in which oared ships were involved. To build Niokastro the Turks brought in European engineers and architects.
They complied with all the specifications required for the castle to be defended from landward, and still more from seaward and for it to have withinits circuit a group of dwellings and a reinforced citadel. The castle’s walls were enlarged to eight and a half metres in height and three metres in breadth. This castle was a reinforcement for the south-west top of the Ottoman Empire, and the Turks thereby obtained safe harbourage against a seaborne foe.
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