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Salmeniko Castle

Δημοτική Ενότητα Ερινεού, Italy

Salmeniko Castle

The Salmeniko Castle (Greek: Κάστρο του Σαλμενίκου, Kastro tou Salmenikou) or Orgia or Oria Castle (Κάστρο Οργιάς/Ωριάς, cf. Kastro tis Orias) was a castle at the foot of Panachaiko mountain, in the modern municipality of Aigialeia, Achaea, Greece. In 1461 it was the last garrison of the Byzantine E

mpire, holding out until eight years after the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

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