Proph. Elias-Angelokastro

On a hill three kilometres west of Angelokastro, in the Corinthian countryside, stands the largely ruined circular fortification of Prophet Elias. Its history is undocumented, but the researcher Peppas, visiting in the 1980s, judged it medieval, and the rough stonework, lacking mortar, supports this: an ancient or Mycenaean builder would have left something more refined. The likeliest explanation ties it to the defence of nearby Angelokastro, probably raised between 1205 and 1210, either by Leo Sgouros, lord of the Argolid and Corinth, or by the Byzantines of the Despotate of Epirus against the Franks. The small size, the proximity, and the systematic ring of satellite forts support this. The enclosure covers 730 square metres, with a perimeter of about 100 metres and walls 1.5 metres thick. Inside are traces of a building, possibly a chapel of Prophet Elias. It enjoys visual contact with Angelokastro and Acrocorinth, and 880 metres to the southwest, the lower hill of Agriada holds similar, though far more degraded, wall ruins, perhaps part of the same defensive complex.