Driving along the Western coast of Greece, from Olympia towards Pylos, you can take a small detour for a chance to enter a mythical realm where stories of knights, maidens and winged dragons are very much alive and intertwined with Ancient Greek mythology. Enter the magnificent, if a bit tacky, Fairytale Castle of Agrilis.
The story goes that the castle was built in the 1960s by a U.S.-born doctor of Greek descent, Harry Fournier, who made his fortune as a surgeon in Chicago. He returned to his ancestral lands of Filiatra upon retirement, where he wished to leave his mark as a benefactor of the city from which his family hailed.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| Church of the Virgin Mary | 2019 | 50km | site_ao | ||
| Church of Agioi Apostoloi (Church of the Holy Apostles) | 2019 | 49.9km | site_ao | ||
| Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology | 2019 | 54.7km | site_ao | ||
| Old Navarino Castle | 2018 | 28.4km | site_ao | ||
| Kalograion Monastery Silk Weaving | 2018 | 50.2km | site_ao | ||
| Strofades Monastery | 2018 | 51.2km | site_ao | ||
| The Well at Meligalas | 2018 | 32.3km | site_ao | ||
| The Medieval Ruins of Mystras | 2018 | 70.4km | site_ao | ||
| Archaeological Site of Mystras | 1989 | 70.3km | site_whs | ||
| Archaeological Site of Olympia | 1989 | 49.6km | site_whs | ||
| Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae | 1986 | 37km | site_whs |
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