{"id":8786,"date":"2026-04-02T19:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/?post_type=destination&#038;p=8786"},"modified":"2026-04-28T18:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T16:30:56","slug":"saint-george-castle-cephalonia","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/destinations\/saint-george-castle-cephalonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint George Castle, Cephalonia: Memory of a medieval town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n \n\n\t\n\t\n<section class=\"section PageHeader__body LeftAlign destination withImage withButtons\">\n\t<div class=\"bgdImage withButtons\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-scaled.jpg');\">\n\t\t<div class=\"Card    \"  \n  \t\t\t >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Card__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:100%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Saint George Castle, Cephalonia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btnZoom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__dest Button Button--icon-only Button--alt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-1536x1024.jpg\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-1536x1024.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-2-2048x1365.jpg 1536w\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\"  aria-label=\"View all Images\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon Button__icon--right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon   SvgIcon--custom \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"   style=\"--svg-height: 24px; --svg-width: 24px\" >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-ic-flex-zoom-in\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-ic-flex-zoom-in\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardBody   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"CardTitle__title \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSaint George Castle, Cephalonia: Memory of a medieval town\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"CardBody__description \">Monument<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"section headerStickyButtons\">\n\t<div class=\"cellBtns\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hours-btn btn-cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/global\/Hours_Static_Badge.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"rest\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">Opening hours<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Timetable\" class=\"Button Button--tertiary Button--small\" ><span class=\"Button__label\">View Hours<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"directions-btn btn-cell\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/global\/Directions_Static_Badge.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rest\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">Livatho, GR<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#Directions\" class=\"Button Button--tertiary Button--small\" ><span class=\"Button__label\">Get Directions<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section EmphasisText  \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>More than a mere fortress, the Castle of Saint George was for centuries the capital of the entire Cephalonia.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original fortification was built by the Byzantines and was mostly limited to the top of a 320m high hill, where a chapel dedicated to Saint George (after whom the castle was named) had already been standing for a long time. The Western rulers who dominated the island for approximately three centuries (1185 &#8211; 1485) further fortified the Byzantine stronghold and used it as an administrative and military center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a brief occupation by the Ottomans, who had seized Cephalonia in 1485, the Christian forces of the Venetians and the Spaniards took back the island and recaptured the castle in 1500. The three-month siege caused considerable damage, imposing the castle\u2019s reconstruction, which began in 1504 and was completed in 1594. The Venetians improved the fortification, reinforcing the walls with three bastions that\u00a0 extended over 600m, enclosing an area of 16 stremmata, where a prosperous settlement developed, with noblemen\u2019s residences and administrative buildings, Orthodox and Catholic churches, food and ammunition warehouses, barracks, schools, hospitals, prisons and cisterns.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section galleryBlock \">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"CarouselDiv\">\n\t<div data-view=\"1\" class=\"Carousel \n\t\tImageGrid ImageGallery--slideshow \n\t\t\toneImg\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tswiper-container \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t half\"  data-type=\"half\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-1536x1024.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-1536x1024.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-2048x1365.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:50%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-2048x1365.jpg\" alt=\"Saint George Castle, Cephalonia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-prev swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-right-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-right-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The settlement was gradually extended outside the walls to Exoburgo. However, when the Venetians transferred the administration headquarters to Argostoli in 1757, the castle was abandoned. Despite the relentless passing of time and intense seismic activity, the castle has stood firm and is now one of the most charming sights of Cephalonia. The Annunciation church, a typical example of Ionian Baroque, stands out, surviving in excellent condition and housing significant Post-Byzantine icons from the other ruined churches of the castle.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section PracticalText  \">\n\t<div class=\"groupsInfo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"groupInfoItem\" id=\"Directions\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"infoMap\">\n\t\t<div id=\"map\" class=\"mapcell\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t<span>\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon   SvgIcon--custom \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"   style=\"--svg-height: 24px; --svg-width: 24px\" >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-ic-flex-map-pin\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-ic-flex-map-pin\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n<\/span>\t\t\t<h2>Directions<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"groupInfoSubItem\">\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\"><p>28100, Livatho<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Button Custom Icon External\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/2nJMvgqizRoyvi2j6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get directions<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"groupInfoSubItem\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"subtitle\">\n\t\t<span>\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon   SvgIcon--custom \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"   style=\"--svg-height: 24px; 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