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Castles of Northwest
Greece: From
the early Byzantine Period to the eve of
the First World War
by Allan Brooks ISBN 978-0-9575846-0-0 Northwest Greece has always
been relatively isolated from the rest
of the Greek mainland and, with the
exception of small pockets of intense
development on the coast, is little
visited by foreign tourists. Modern
guidebooks of necessity concentrate on
the few important classical and
Hellenistic sites with only passing
reference to mediaeval and later
fortifications. Yet these monuments
bear witness to the complex later
history of the region when Norman,
Italian, Angevin, Serbian, Venetian,
Turkish, and Albanian invaders
competed for control. This book is
intended to redress this imbalance by
providing a detailed guide to a
selection of the castles and forts of
the area dating from the early
Byzantine period to the eve of the
First World War. For each site the
book provides an historical
survey, a
description of the surviving
remains and pertinent information
about the
general topography of the area and
its changes over time.
332p, 198 b/w illus., 43 maps and plans. View extract and table of contents |
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