The Platamon Castle, Macedonia, is a Byzantine castle that was extensively improved by the Latin Roland Piscia, who received the site from Boniface of Montferrat after 1204
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The Platamon Castle, Macedonia, is a Byzantine castle that was extensively improved by the Latin Roland Piscia, who received the site from Boniface of Montferrat after 1204
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The Platamon Castle, Macedonia, is a Byzantine castle that was extensively improved by the Latin Roland Piscia, who received the site from Boniface of Montferrat after 1204.
The imposing castle is located near the mouth of the Peneios River, overlooking the wide plain of Pieria to the north and commanding north-south communication at the entrance to the valley of Tempe. Platamon is mentioned for the first time in a chrysobull of Emperor Alexios III in 1198. It was probably rebuilt by the Latin local ruler Roland Piscia, who received the site from Boniface of Montferrat after 1204. In 1218 it was taken by Byzantine Emperor Theodore Komnenos Doukas of Epiros.
The imposing castle is located near the mouth of the Peneios River, overlooking the wide plain of Pieria to the north and commanding north-south communication at the entrance to the valley of Tempe. Platamon is mentioned for the first time in a chrysobull of Emperor Alexios III in 1198. It was probably rebuilt by the Latin local ruler Roland Piscia, who received the site from Boniface of Montferrat after 1204. In 1218 it was taken by Byzantine Emperor Theodore Komnenos Doukas of Epiros.
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