The castle of Antimachia was built according to information, which we derive from the John Archive of Malta, at the beginning of the 14th century. by the Grand Master H. de Vileleneue in a place where a small Byzantine castle previously existed. Over time, the uses of the castle change depending on
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This is the house of the Kommentoris (commander) of Kos Francesco Sans. It is located on the Miaouli Coast, and was built within the perimeter wall of the Medieval city and in contact with it. It is the only surviving secular building of the Knight period in Kos, built in 1514 by the Commander
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Kastelli is called a rocky hill and apparently got that name from a small fortification project. It is a knightly watchtower or advanced outpost dating back to the second half of the 15th century. It was used for about 100 years, i.e. from the start of the fiercest Turkish attacks until the
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The Castle of Kefalos is located at the SE end of the village, on top of a hill. The oldest reference by a traveler to it is from 1420, but it already existed from the Byzantine era, since the oldest written reference to the Castle is from 1271. The castle of Kefalos is mentioned as a secure
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The main medieval monument of Kos is the castle, located at the entrance of the port, with a rectangular plan and a typical example of imposing defensive architecture of its time. It was built by the Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who occupied the island in 1314, on an islet on the
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Regarding the Castle of Pylios (or Peripatos), its location is not clear from the written sources, nor have any ruins been identified that can be identified with absolute certainty. Archaeologists believe that it must have been located in the current settlement of Pyli of Kos and identify the
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During the medieval period, part of the city, the "Chora", was walled and included a rectangular castle, built by the Knights of St. John in the 14th century, that ran from north to south. The fortification of Chora probably began in the last decades of the 14th century by the Grand Master of the
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