Ancient sites · Sigri

Castle of Sigri

Photo: PanosMtln · CC BY-SA 4.0

A square Ottoman fort with four corner towers, bastions and a cannon platform, built in 1757 by the Ottoman admiral Suleyman Pasha to protect shipping and the westernmost anchorage of Lesbos from pirates. It is built of brown-red trachyte, has a gate with an Arabic-style arch, was damaged by the 1889 earthquake and is currently under restoration by the Archaeological Service and not yet open to the public.

Season

All year round

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  Villages & views · West Lesbos

  Sigri

  138 m

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