Patras Castle

This castle dates to the 6th century CE and is located on the ruins of the ancient acropolis of the ancient city. It was built up by Justinian after an earthquake. Amazingly, the fortress remained in use even up to world war 2.
The 1st picture looks through the main gate that makes a right turn inside the gate tower. The 2nd picture is of the inner fortress or what might be termed the keep. The 3rd picture looks across the area just to the left of the tower of the keep in the 2nd picture.
The 4th picture is part of the wall and looks like it might be cannon embrasures. The 5th picture is taken from the top of the tower looking down on the courtyard inside that inner fortress or keep. The last picture looks out a gate to ruins of a bastion and the gulf of Corinth.Читать далее