siege, medieval

Siege of Kastritza

Name: Siege of Kastritza
Location: Arcadia, Greece

Siege of Kastritza was a siege conducted in 1460 at Arcadia, in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Arcadia. It was part of the Ottoman conquest of the Morea, which ran from 1458 to 1460. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 400 guardian.

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Fought1460

WhereArcadia, Greece37.600N, 22.200E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeOttoman victory

BelligerentsOttoman EmpireagainstByzantine Empire; Duchy of Milan; Republic of Venice; Papal States

Casualties and lossesUnknownand100 killed; 300 executed.

Part ofOttoman conquest of the Morea1458 to 1460

Where it sits in the Ottoman conquest of the Morea

6 placed engagements of the Ottoman conquest of the Morea in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1460 (year precision)
Place	Arcadia, Greece 37.600N, 22.200E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Strength	Unknown	400 guardian
Casualties and losses	Unknown	100 killed; 300 executed.
Commanders	Mehmed II Mahmud Pasha Angelović

Placed at Arcadia; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Levidi 1821, 13 km NE
Battle of Valtetsi 1821, 16 km SE
Siege of Mantinea 385 BC, 16 km E
Battle of Mantinea 362 BC, 18 km E
Battle of Mantinea 418 BC, 18 km E

In the same war

Before: Siege of Gardiki-Arcadia 1460
After: Siege of Salmeniko 1460
All 6 engagements of Ottoman conquest of the Morea

Elsewhere in 1460

Battle of Wakefield United Kingdom
Battle of Northampton United Kingdom
Siege of Trebizond in 1461 Turkey
Battle of Worksop United Kingdom
Capture of Roxburgh United Kingdom

Siege of Kastritza is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q137691215, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kastritza, revision 1370742365, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.