Karítaina - 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.