Kavala Castle
Kavala Fortress
The Kavala Fortress is built at the top of the Panagia Peninsula, at a location known as "Acropolis." It was built in 1425 on the ruins of the Byzantine Acropolis of Christoupoli, which had been destroyed in 1391.
It is a fortified enclosure that follows the contours and slope of the terrain and is divided into two parts by a transverse wall. The walls are reinforced by two square towers, a polygonal tower approximately in the middle of the eastern curtain wall, and a bastion at the southeast corner. The fortress was intended to control the Egnatia Road passage. The fortress features natural fortifications, and sieges were conducted using “cold steel” weapons rather than destructive artillery.
On the walls of the outer enclosure of the citadel, two square towers and one polygonal tower stand out. The fortress features a circular tower, which served as the last line of defense, a munitions and supplies depot, and was later converted into a prison; a guardhouse, which was suitable for accommodation; and a water cistern.
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