Greece · Partial ruin
Ioannina Castle
Ioannina Castle is the fortified old town of Ioannina on a rocky promontory projecting into Lake Pamvotis. Its visible fabric combines medieval Byzantine walls and towers with large-scale early 19th-century Ottoman rebuilding under Ali Pasha; parts now house museums and cultural buildings. The site is organised around two citadels — the smaller northeastern citadel with the Aslan Pasha Mosque and the larger southeastern Its Kale with palace and tower remains.
First raised
1378
Its prime
1815
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1815
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact fortified town sited on a rocky promontory into Lake Pamvotis, dominated by two citadels linked by continuous curtain walls of roughly hewn grey-beige stone. Walls rise as terraced ramparts with arched galleries and broad flat surfaces for artillery; several large rectangular and circular towers punctuate the line, including a prominent central circular tower in the inner citadel. Within the walls lie clustered multi-storey palace buildings, mosque domes and service ranges; many roofs are low-pitched and tiled.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1815.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Ioannina Castle — including 5 interiors: aslan pasha mosque and northeastern citadel gate, fethiye mosque and ali pasha's tomb (highest point), ali pasha's palace — the treasury building and more. 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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See Ioannina Castle with the fires lit.
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