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H 06o11 nou enrÄ6x0qre yro trlv i6puo4 rou v6ou rdorpou rirov orpotqyrrrl. Anö qv «opugri tou Ä6gou At the beginning of the lSth century the castle passed to Xtrepoütor npootdteue to grlprop6vo epnopr«6 into the possession of Carlo Tocco, count of Kephalonia trrpdvr trlg ftropdw(og ror trlv nporreüouoo rou and despot of Epiros. ln 1427 it was acquired peacefully npryrrndtou Av6popi6o, e§oogoÄi(owoq tov 6Äeyxo by Konstantinos Palaiologos as result of his marriage t1g neproxrig nou onotitreoe to «6wpo trov gpdyrcrov to Tocco's daughter, and was used by him as a military rt{oeov oto Moprd, q onoio yvtöproe r6roltepq orpri and administrative centre in his preparations for «or oiylq rotd trlv enoxr] torv BrMeopöouivrov. his attack on Patra. Kotd tqv topoyp6vq nepio6o nou petri The castle continued to function down to the time §errvd ro Odvoto tou fouÄr6trpou BrMeop6oulvou «or 6roprei of the Greek National Uprising in 1821, passing through öÄo l4o ordvo oörlyrirwog otq oto6rorri noporprl the hands ofthe Turk (1460-1687, 1715-1821) and the to gpdyrrrou yiveror Venetians (1687-1715). Beginning as early as the end tou npryrrndrou, to Xtrepoütor peto§ü ofthe Frankish period, however, it appears gradually ovtrreipevo 6rerörxrloeov örogöpov euyevdrv. to have lost its important role in the defence of the ' E66 guÄo«iorqre ror n60ove 11 teÄeutoio onöyovog region. The Greeks and Venetians carried out no work tov BrMeop6ouivov Mopyopito tqg A«opog, ener6ri on the castle, while the Turks engaged in only minor 0eolprlOqre unoitro yro tq 6re«6iqoq tou Moprd onö proiects to reinforce it. Part ofthe castle suffered maior toug KotoÄovoüq, or onolor «otdrtrloov yro pr«pd devastation during the bombardment by lbrahim in 1825. 6rdot4po ro rdotpo oto 1315. There were no later modifications to the original form ftrq opxdq tou l5ou orrövo ro «tiotpo nepvd otqv of the fortress and Chlemoutsi still retains a distinctly rotoxrj tou Kop6Äou Törrou, r6pq trlg KegoÄovrrig Frankish character; it is one of the most important and «or 6eon6tq tqg Hneipou. To 1427 nepr{ÄOe erpqvr«d best preserved castles in Greece. otov Ktovorowivo l1oÄoroÄöyo petd to yripo tou pe The castle consists of two enclosures. The outer t1v r6p4 rou Tdr«ou, xor outög to xpqorponoirloe enclosure wall is polygonal in shape. Along the course og orpotrorrrö ror 6rorrrltrrö tou «ivtpo of tfe enceinte are preserved building remains that npogtorpd(owog trlv eniOeoq orrlv [-ldtpo. belong to the original construction of the l3th century To «iatpo nopiperve oe xp(or1 p6xpr to xpövro and inside it survive traces of a number of structures, rrlq ElÄr1vr«iq Enovdoroo4q tou 1821, nepvrirwog onö the best executed of which is a Turkish mosque. to xdpro tov Toüpr«ov (1460-1687, 1715-1821) ror rov The work undertaken in the Turkish period Bevetdrv (1687-1715). Oolvetor 6pog norq rl6q perd is responsible for the present form of the main to tdÄog tqq Opoyrorpotloq dpxroe vo xdver oro6rord entrance, the battlements, and the three towers on to oqpowrrd tou p6Äo otqv ripuvo trlq neproxrlq. the west side of the enclosure. At the south-east edge Or'EMrlveg ror or Bevetol 6ev npoypotonoirloov ofthis rises the hexagonal interior enclosure, which ro06trou epyooleg oto «Andravida, and controlled Frankish possessions rüprog ero66ou, trrrv endtr§er»v rot ttov tpttäv nÜpytov that formed the core of the great rqg 6utrr(g ntreuprig tou neprpdÄou. Ito vottoovotofurd in the Morea, which enjoyed ProsPerity of the Villehardouins. drpo tou urf6vetor o e§oyt»vrrdg eooteptrdg nepipoÄog, and repute during the time nou onotsÄeltor on6 oerpd Ootrtottöv ot0ouotöv yÜpo ond The troubled period that began with the death of William pro peydÄq rewprrrl ouÄ{. Or neptoodtepeg on6 de Villehardouin and lasted throughout the entire trg oi0ouoeg ritov opxrrd 6rtöpogeq ror 0eppoivowov l4th century led to the gradual decline ofthe Frankish pe t(drro, nopöporog popgriq pe ereivo tov rttpitov principate and Chlemoutsi became a prize of contention tou e§orreptxoü neprp6Äou. MopgoÄoyrrri ototxeio between different nobles. The last descendant ofthe 6nog or rfqloi qpretrlerrfoer6eig 06tror nou oteyd(ouv ttq Villehardouins, Margaret of Akova, was imprisoned oiOouoeg ror to xopqÄtop6vo ri strogptög o§urdpugo t6§o and died here, being held responsible for the claims rrov ovorypdtorv poptupoÜv tr1 6utrr{ rotoytoyri on the Morea made by the Catalans, who captured tov röputrirv tou rtiorpou. the castle for a short time in 1315.

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To Xlepoüror eivot xttopdvo Chlemoutsi stands on the summit orqv Kopugr1 ev6g Äögou oto 6uttr6tepo of a hill on the westernmost headland orpot(pr tq g ['leÄonowrloou. l6pü04re of the Peloponnese. lt was built in 1220- orc l'220-|.223 on6 tov qyepövo |223 6y prince Geoffrey I de Villehardouin Io6egpei6o A' BrÄÄeop6ou[vo rcot and was the strongest fortress in the onot6Äeoe to roxup6tepo gpoüpto Franl