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The
Fortifications of Nafplio by Allan Brooks ISBN 978-0-9575846-2-4 Nafplio was the
first capital of Modern Greece from 1828
to 1834 and has been a port since
antiquity. Fortifications have existed
on its acropolis since at least the 3C
BC. Although abandoned when Pausanias
visited, the town was resettled in the
early Byzantine period. After the fall of Constantinople to
the armies of the Fourth
Crusade in 1204 it was held in
turn by the Franks, the
Venetians and the Turks. All
have left their marks on the
surviving fortifications but
it is the Venetian work that
still dominates the town.
This book discusses the
evolution of the
fortifications that have
defended the town and its port
over the centuries. It
provides a detailed guide to
the substantial elements that
survive and a description of
the sections that have been
lost. These survivals include
the acropolis defences,
fragments of the Venetian land
walls, the works defending the
port and the complex of forts
on the heights of Palamidi
above the town. In addition it
describes the Venetian gun
fort at Drepanon and the
castle of Thermisi.
156p, 97 b/w illus., 19 maps and plans View extract and table of contents |
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