Karitaina Attractions
This Arcadian village is impressively situated in the gorge of the river Alfiós (Alpheios), 16km/10mi northwest of Megalópolis on the road to Andrítsaina (from which a secondary road runs south to Bassai).
Castle
Above the village of Karítaina towers a Frankish castle (alt. 583m/1,969ft) built by Hugues de Bruyère, baron of Karítaina, in the 13th century. A monument on the hillside commemorates Theodoros Kolokotronis, a hero of the war of liberation, who defended the castle against the Turks in 1821. From the castle gate can be seen a medieval bridge spanning the Alfiós below the modern concrete bridge.
