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Castle of Santa Maura
The Castle of Santa Maura is a coastal fortress on the northeastern tip of Lefkada that developed from an early medieval fort into an irregular hexagonal artillery fortress. Rebuilt and enlarged by the Ottomans in the 16th century, by the late 17th century it contained a densely built walled town with stone houses and multiple suburbs outside the walls. The site changed hands several times thereafter and many internal buildings and sections of the walls were later demolished in the 19th–20th centuries.
Its prime
1670
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1670
The shape it held in its prime.
An irregular hexagonal fortress on a narrow coastal spit, surrounded by sea on most sides and connected to the island by a long aqueduct-footpath causeway. Thick masonry curtain walls punctuated by nine large rounded cannon bastions form a low rampart silhouette; a medieval citadel occupies the northeastern corner as a compact older keep. Inside the walls a dense grid of roughly two‑storey stone houses and narrow streets fills the enclosed town; the main gate faces the causeway and shallow coastal waters.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1670.
The record describes 8 distinct spots at Castle of Santa Maura — including 3 interiors: inner walled town street, northeastern medieval citadel, eastern wooden suburb outside the walls. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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