GR 54 Antirio (Cape Antirio) latitude 38° 19' 37.7" N longitude 21° 45' 56.4" E Cape Antirrion is a sharp promontory forming the north side of the Rio (Strait) Antirrion, the 1.9 km wide entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Sultan Bayazet II built castles on both sides of the strait in 1500, as the Ottoman Empire was in the process of conquering western Greece from Venice. photo ARLHS # GRE-006 No photo available
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