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Castle of Oria

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Eleftheria Konstantinidou
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Jan 20, 2026 01:27 PM — History
The Castle of Oria is a fortification complex on the northern side of Tempe valley of Peneus river, between Mount Olympus and Mount Ossa, in Thessaly, Greece. It played a critical role in defending the region during the Byzantine period. Evidence for the fortifications’ existence in the area can be traced back to a now lost inscription dated to 48 BC. The tower of Oria has traces from several construction periods during the Byzantine period.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/769421955

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Eleftheria Konstantinidou, and Tom Elliott, 'Castle of Oria: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/769421955> [accessed: 15 February 2026] 

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