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Castle of Oia (Kasteli of Agios Nikolaos), Santorini

Καστέλι Οίας · Κάστρο του Αγίου Νικολάου

The Castle of Agios Nikolaos, known as the Kasteli of Oia, is the ruined medieval castle at the northwestern tip of Santorini, in Oia.

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This record is the ruined castle at the northwestern tip of Thera (Santorini), in Oia, which the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades calls the Castle of Agios Nikolaos or of Epano Meria and Wikidata the Citadel of Oia. The Ephorate says it was one of five fortified kastelia that protected the island from the first period of Frankish rule in the 13th and 14th centuries, that it defended three harbours, and that the D'Argentas family held it until 1577. It says the earthquake of 1956 turned the castle into a ruin and that the ruins have been declared a historical site.

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Island

Santorini

Santorini, known in antiquity as Thera, is an island at the southern end of the Cyclades in Greece; Greece's national tourism organisation also uses the name for the island group of Thera, Thirasia, Aspronisi, Palea Kameni and Nea Kameni, and this destination is the island of Thera itself. XTOUR maps the Bronze Age town at Akrotiri, Ancient Thera, the Museum of Prehistoric Thera in Fira and the medieval castles of Skaros and Oia on the island.

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