Karytaina
Sign in to saveKarytaina or Karitaina () is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece. Karytaina is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Alpheios, near its confluence with the Lousios. The village dates back to the Middle Ages, but its history is unknown before the Crusader conquest ca. 1205. Karytaina became the seat of a barony under the Frankish Principality of Achaea, and the Castle of Karytaina was built in the mid-13th century on a steep rocky outcrop by Baron Geoffrey of Briel. The area returned to Byzantine control in 1320, and came under Ottoman control in 1460. After a brief period
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Γόρτυνος
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
- Country
- Ελλάς
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Karytaina
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Καρύταινα
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Peloponnese
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Arcadia
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Megalopoli
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Gortyna
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 163
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Karytainaview.JPG
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +615
- Elevation
- +483
- Follows
- Brenthe
- Image
- Καρύταινα.jpg
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- P706
- Peloponnese
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Karytaina or Karitaina () is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece. Karytaina is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Alpheios, near its confluence with the Lousios. The village dates back to the Middle Ages, but its history is unknown before the Crusader conquest ca. 1205. Karytaina became the seat of a barony under the Frankish Principality of Achaea, and the Castle of Karytaina was built in the mid-13th century on a steep rocky outcrop by Baron Geoffrey of Briel. The area returned to Byzantine control in 1320, and came under Ottoman control in 1460. After a brief period of Venetian rule (1687–1715), Karytaina returned to Ottoman control, and prospered as an administrative and commercial centre. Karytaina and its inhabitants were among the first to rise up during the Greek War of Independence of 1821–29. Today Karytaina is a protected traditional settlement and has, alongside the remains of its Frankish castle, several other medieval and Ottoman monuments.
== Location == Karytaina is from the capital of Arcadia, Tripoli, from Megalopoli and from Stemnitsa, built on the slopes of the hill of Achreiovouni, some 550 m above sea level.