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This book is a topographical guide to the real world of the Greek Myths, a compact physical envir... more This book is a topographical guide to the real world of the Greek Myths, a compact physical environment of rugged mountains separating small agricultural plains that occupy what is now southern and central Greece. Its purpose is to relate a selection of the myths in their original settings, either the location in which the principal events were thought to have occurred, or the places in which they were celebrated. ISBN 9780957584617
The Fortifications of Nafplio, 2019
This book discusses the evolution of the fortifications that have defended the town of Nafplio an... more This book discusses the evolution of the fortifications that have defended the town of Nafplio 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, the fifteenth century Venetian fort built on a rock in the harbour, sections of the first walls enclosing the lower town, fragments of the great land walls built by the Venetians between 1701 and 1711 and finally the system of fortifications atop the mountain of Palamidi. It also describes the fortifications of the outlying territory connected to the city: the castle of Thermisi and the artillery fort at Drepanon.
ISBN 9780957584624
This book is a detailed guide to thirty five of the castles and fortifications of Aitolia, Akarna... more This book is a detailed guide to thirty five of the castles and fortifications of Aitolia, Akarnania and Epiros. These include the castles of the Despotate of Epiros, the major Turkish and Venetian works of the area, the extensive military installations of Ali Pasha and the last fortifications built during the final decades of the Ottoman Empire. For each site the book provides an historical survey, a description of the surviving remains and details of the general topography of the area and its changes over time.
ISBN 9780957584600
This book is a topographical guide to the real world of the Greek Myths, a compact physical envir... more This book is a topographical guide to the real world of the Greek Myths, a compact physical environment of rugged mountains separating small agricultural plains that occupy what is now southern and central Greece. Its purpose is to relate a selection of the myths in their original settings, either the location in which the principal events were thought to have occurred, or the places in which they were celebrated. ISBN 9780957584617
The Fortifications of Nafplio, 2019
This book discusses the evolution of the fortifications that have defended the town of Nafplio an... more This book discusses the evolution of the fortifications that have defended the town of Nafplio 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, the fifteenth century Venetian fort built on a rock in the harbour, sections of the first walls enclosing the lower town, fragments of the great land walls built by the Venetians between 1701 and 1711 and finally the system of fortifications atop the mountain of Palamidi. It also describes the fortifications of the outlying territory connected to the city: the castle of Thermisi and the artillery fort at Drepanon.
ISBN 9780957584624
This book is a detailed guide to thirty five of the castles and fortifications of Aitolia, Akarna... more This book is a detailed guide to thirty five of the castles and fortifications of Aitolia, Akarnania and Epiros. These include the castles of the Despotate of Epiros, the major Turkish and Venetian works of the area, the extensive military installations of Ali Pasha and the last fortifications built during the final decades of the Ottoman Empire. For each site the book provides an historical survey, a description of the surviving remains and details of the general topography of the area and its changes over time.
ISBN 9780957584600