Acrocorinth / Second Castle Gate / PhotoAcrocorinth (Greece);Castle and Temple of Aphrodite;second castle gate(Byzantine and Venetian).Acrocorinth the acropolis of ancient Corinth; sits on a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth. 鈥業t was built from time time of Cosmos'[2597; B.C.]--and is a part of the Hellenic Myths; with Sisyphus the first Greek king of the this castle; The highest peak on the site was home to a temple to AphroditeAround 150 B.C. it would become a part of the Roman empire鈥n 450-ad.-was further heavily fortified during the Byzantine Empire as it became the seat of the strategos of the thema of Hellas and later of the Peloponnese. the Temple of Aphrodite which was then converted to a church.1208 it became a fortress of the Frankish Principality of Achaea; the Venetians; It was defended against the Crusaders for three years by Leo Sgouros.1458 Turakhan the Ottoman Pasha over took the caslte; then converted what was the church to a mosque.Today The American School's Corinth Excavations began excavations on it in 1929. Currently; Acrocorinth is one of the most important medieval castle sites of Greece.- View. -Photo; AREA OF THE LOWER MOSQUEAND WHAT IS LEFT FROM THE MINARET