Agia Mavra Fortress — Attraction in Municipality of Aktio and Vonitsa

A very large and beautiful fort located at the entrance to the island. Although there are no history panels, I found valuable information from a custodian located in the building near the entrance. It is a true complex, and more recent studies have found evidence of an ancient construction, long before the construction of the Sicilian Orsini at 1300. The castle was under the control of the Venetians, the French or the Turks, as were the vicissitudes of history. Destroyed by a huge fire in 1880, it ended up being bombed by Italians in World War II. An attraction is even the castle walls, which, in their thickness, allowed the construction of a church in the fifteenth century. Un fort deosebit de mare și de frumos situat chair la intrarea pe insulă. Deși nu sunt panouri cu istoricul locației, am aflat informații prețioase de la un custode aflat în clădirea de lângă intrare. Este un adevărat complex, iar studii mai recente au găsit dovezi urme de construcție din antichitate, cu mult înaintea construcției sicilianului Orsini de la 1300. Castelul a fost sub stăpânirea venețienilor, a francezilor sau a turcilor, după cum au fost vicisitudinile istoriei. Distrus de un incendiu pe la 1880, a sfârșit prin a fi bombardat de italieni în Al Doilea Război Mondial. Un punct de atracție îl constituie chiar zidurile castelului care, în grosimea lor, au permis construirea unei biserici în...

It's a pleasant stroll out along the yacht lined spit of land from the town. Skip across the pedestrian friendly floating bridge and the entrance with information, tickets and toilets awaits. €5, kids free. It's a large fort with jailhouse, monks cells,small museum and a tiny church still used for weddings. You can clamber along the cannon lined walls with breathtaking views. A lighthouse come beacon also marks A Corner of a Forgien Field , a lonely grave of a British governer. You may want to tip your hat, he's along way from home. Timetable for the bridge oppening times is online and is well worth seeing. Across the road is a tree covered truck stop for a cooling beer....

Driving back to the airport from Nidri we drove past the castle ruins. Because I've already seen plenty of those around the Europe this time I skipped it. Passing by though, yet again my eyes made a notice of a massive blue EU information board inscribed with 4 mln euros of investment. The first thing that came to my mind is what is the plan of castle's reconstruction and what amount of progress has already been done. From the reviews I've read that making photos from inside of ruins is disallowed, why is that? Is this another EU money scam? Can anyone put some light on the case as it's seems...