Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Κάστρο Γαρδικίου (Κέρκυρα)" in Greek language version.
On the other side of Mount Ayios Matheos. 2 km by road, is Gardiki Pirgos, the ruins of a thirteenth century castle built in this unlikely lowland setting by the despots of Epirus.
Andrea Marmora, a member of a noble family still extant in Corfu, published in Italian ...
The oldest historian of Corfu may be exaggerating when he says that the Despots of Epiros adorned the city with most noble buildings
The Byzantine Fortress at Gardiki The only remaining ancient fortification in the southern part of the island is the ruined fortress of Gardiki on the lower...
One thing is certain, however. The area under plough outside the walls increased, since the village communities multiplied across the entire island (if we are to judge from the Byzantine castles that have survived) in order to protect the fields. They are castles such as Kassiopi, Angelokastro and Gardiki and, of course, the Old Fortress which was the medieval town itself.