Frangokastello

Also known as Frangokastello Fortress

Frangokastello () is the location of a castle and scattered settlement on the south coast of Crete, Greece, about east of Chora Sfakion and within the prefecture of Chania.

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Military installation.name: Frangokastello
Military installation.location: Frangokastello, Crete
Military installation.map_type: Greece
Military installation.image: File:Frangokastello 4.jpg
Military installation.caption: Frangokastello castle (2007)
Military installation.type: castle
Military installation.builder: Venetian Republic
Military installation.materials: hewn stone (ashlar)
Military installation.condition: ruin
Military installation.ownership: Greek Ministry of Culture
Military installation.open_to_public: Yes

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Image: Frangokastello R03.jpg

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Commons category: Frangokastello
inception: 1371-00-00
described at URL: odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=16202
native label: Φραγκοκάστελλο

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Frangokastello () is the location of a castle and scattered settlement on the south coast of Crete, Greece, about east of Chora Sfakion and within the prefecture of Chania.

Frangokastello has an extensive, sheltered and gently shelving sandy beach, which has provided the basis for a low key tourist industry in recent years. Tourist accommodation is scattered over the flat plain around the castle, but the area's relative remoteness has discouraged major development.