Xylokastro, Corinthia Region, Peloponnese, Greece

🇬🇷 Xylokastro (Ξυλόκαστρο) is a seaside town or village and a former municipality in Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a unit or component. The municipal unit has an area of 310.252 km².

Geographic features include a long 2 km beach and semi-arid forest on varied terrain, scattered with early churches and evidence of early settlements and religious sites. It has narrowly separated upper and lower coastal roads and forms a medium-sized touristic village on the Gulf of Corinth.

Subdivisions The municipal unit Xylokastro is subdivided into the following communities (2011 population and constituent villages in brackets): • Ano Trikala; • Dendro; • Geliniatika; • Kamari; • Karya; • Kato Loutro; • Kato Synoikia Trikalon; • Korfiotissa; • Lagkadaiika; • Manna; • Melissi; • Mesi Synoikia Trikalon; • Nees Vrysoules; • Panariti; • Pellini; • Pitsa; • Rethi; • Riza; • Sofiana; • Stylia; • Sykia; • Thalero; • Throfari; • Xanthochori; • Xylokastro; • Zemeno.

Geography Xylokastro is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, 30 km north-west of Corinth, near the mouth of the river Trikalitikos. Apart from the narrow strip of land along the coast, where the town Xylokastro lies, the municipal unit is mountainous. The Greek National Road 8a (Corinth - Patras) passes through the town.

History The town took its name from a wooden castle (ξύλινο κάστρο), probably built in the 13th century. It was also known as Solo Castro. The village Stylia was known as Viladusa by the Venetians in the 18th century.