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Ambracia. On the other sides, the castle is protected by two walls, an inner one, some 10 metres (33 ft) high and protected by towers, and an external one of some 4–5 metres (13–16 ft) height, just far enough to enclose the inner wall's towers into its circuit. The inner wall survives intact to the present day, but the outer wall only in isolated stretches. The walls are on average 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) thick. The walls have been reinforced with many bastions, and the towers and parapets modified to hold artillery embrasures by the Ottomans and Venetians.
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Built on a low hill, and originally abutting the bed of the
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