Acrocorinth
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thumb|The walled gates of Acrocorinth, as rebuilt by the Venetians. thumb|Acrocorinth, looking north towards the Gulf of Corinth.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- castle
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Corinth Municipality
- Elevation
- 575
- Location
- Archaea Korinthos
- Image
- 20211002 Penteskoufi Q38279974.jpg
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- Commons category
- Acrocorinth
- architectural style
- Byzantine architecture
- Commons gallery
- Akrokorinth
- culture
- Ancient Greece
- described at URL
- odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/gh352.jsp?obj_id=15661
- native label
- Ακροκόρινθος
- inception
- 0700-00-00
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thumb|The walled gates of Acrocorinth, as rebuilt by the Venetians. thumb|Acrocorinth, looking north towards the Gulf of Corinth.
Acrocorinth (, 'Upper Corinth' or 'the acropolis of ancient Corinth') is a monolithic rock overlooking the ancient city of Corinth, Greece. In the estimation of George Forrest, "It is the most impressive of the acropolis of mainland Greece."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acrocorinth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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