Ottoman Fortifications Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

2025

The Turkish Watchtower at Sz£kesf'ehervar-Oreghegy (tow er of Kara Murteza Pa §a, later St. Donat's Chapel) will not be discussed here, although it was part of the defence system of Sz6kesfeh6rvar (SiklOsi 1991, 53-64). Although it has been suggested that the Arpadian-age rotunda at Zamoly-Kerekszenttamas had perhaps functioned as a watchtower during the Ottoman period (

2025, Volumul omagial ”Călin Felezeu, omul și dascălul”, ed.Cosmin Prodea și Elena Andreea Trif-Boia, Presa Universitară Clujeană

The present paper is a historical synthesis of the specialized Romanian historiography of the last 150 years. The political element decisively influenced the arduous course of scientific research of the history of relations between the Romanian Principalities and the Ottoman Sublime Porte. Although it has been declared, officially as well, a "fundamental problem of Romanian historiography", the study of these relations was subordinated from the outset to the political conditions and goals of one period or another, thus being largely ignored or falsified. To give an example, the historical Turkish-Ottoman and Tatar sources were deliberately excluded from the 45 massive volumes of the famous "Hurmuzaki" external sources collection, published between 1876 and 1942, solely with the idea of facilitating the admission of independent Romania into the symbolic European geography. During the Romanian Communist regime's first period the motivation was linked to Turkey's membership in NATO, which led to the exacerbation of historical hostility towards the Turks. During the Nationalist-Communist period, Turkey was accepted as a Black Sea neighbor and partner, as a result of its role in bringing Communist Romania closer to the great Western states. At that time, the most significant progress was achieved in the thorough knowledge of the history of Romanian-Ottoman relations.

2025, prevezatoday.gr

Σύντομη ενημερωτική δημοσίευση με αφορμή τη δημοπράτηση ιχνογραφήματος από καπιτολάριο ναού της βενετοκρατούμενης Πρέβεζας.

2025, Πρεβεζάνικα Χρονικά, τχ. 59-60 / Preveza's Chronicles, vol. 59-60

The fort of Pantocrator is one of Preveza’s many defensive works, built by Ali Pasha Tepedelenli at the beginning of the 19th century. Along with the forts known today as St. George’s, St. Andrew’s, and Aktion (renewed and strengthened in... more

2025

Конзерваторските работи се изведоа во три фази: Првата фаза: надѕидување на најстарата фаза од бедемот во висина од 0.20 до 0.30 м. Надѕидувањето е изведено во техника opus incertum без нагласени редови, со камен а како вризво средство е користен продолжен малтер. Втора фаза: надѕидување на надворешното и внатрешното лице во техника opus icertum без багласени хоризонтали редови, со камен од локалитетот а како врзивно средство користен е продолжен малтер. Трета фаза: На површината помеѓу надворешното и внатрешното лице поставен е еден ред на камен за да не дојде до навлегување на атмосферска вода, потоа да се спречи растењето на вегетацијата за да не дојде до негово понатамошно распаѓање

2025, 1οΔιεθνές Διεπιστημονικό Συνέδριο για την Ιστορία, την Πνευματικότητα, την Τέχνη και τον Πολιτισμό του Κρητικού Νότου, Μεσαρά 20 - 23 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Η ερμηνεία του τοπωνυμίου Πυργιώτισσα, για την οποία ουδέποτε μέχρι σήμερα ήρθησαν αμφιβολίες περί της ορθότητάς της, υποστηρίζει ότι παράγεται από τη λ. πύργος. Πρώτος προσεγγίζει ετυμολογικά το τοπωνύμιο ο Στέφανος Ξανθουδίδης: «Υπήρχεν κατά την βυζαντ. εποχήν κατά την παραλίαν του σημερινού Τυμπακίου πύργος προς άμυναν κατά των πειρατών και εξ αυτού η παρακειμένη εκκλησία της Παναγίας εκαλείτο Παναγία Πυργιώτισσα και ούτως και σήμερον ακούγεται η σωζομένη παλαιά εκκλησία. Οι Ενετοί οχυρώσαντες πλησίον πύργον και καταστήσαντες αυτόν έδραν του Καστελλάνου εδέχθησαν το εγχώριον όνομα, διαστρέψαντες μόνον αυτό εις Priotissa»1. Την ερμηνεία Ξανθουδίδη αποδέχεται ο Giuseppe Gerola και Στέργιος Σπανάκης. Ο πρώτος μεταγλωττίζοντας το τοπωνύμιο το αποδίδει στα ιταλικά ως Madona turrita, «η οποία σίγουρα («certo»)» γράφει «οφείλει αυτό το επίθετο σε ένα αρχαίο πύργο που υπήρχε εκεί» και υποστηρίζει ότι «από αυτόν τον πύργο πήρε το όνομά της η εκκλησία και αυτή με τη σειρά της έδωσε το όνομα στην γύρω περιοχή, κυρίως όμως το νέο ανακατασκευασμένο φρούριο, το οποίο αργότερα χαλάστηκε και καταστράφηκε ακόμα περισσότερες φορές»2. Ο Σπανάκης αναφέρει ότι «λέγεται Πυργιώτισσα από ένα βυζαντινό πύργο, που ήταν εκεί κοντά, για την προστασία του τόπου από τους πειρατές. Άρα τόσο η εκκλησία με την ονομασία Πυργιώτισσα όσο και ο πύργος υπήρχαν από τη Β΄ Βυζαντινή περίοδο και τη διατήρησαν οι Βενετοί, ονομάζοντες την επαρχία Πυργιώτισσα (Priotissa)….»3. Από τις προαναφερθείσες απόψεις η πρώτη που χρίζει επανεξέτασης και αποκατάστασης είναι η άποψη του Ξανθουδίδη, που σιωπηρά γίνεται αποδεκτή από όλους μέχρι σήμερα τους μελετητές, σχετικά με τη «διαστροφή» από του Ενετούς του τοπωνυμίου Πυργιώτισσα σε Priotissa. Μια τέτοια άποψη δεν μπορεί ισχύει, επειδή η φωνητική απόδοση του τοπωνυμίου δεν είναι Πυρjιώτισσα, αλλά Πρυjιώτισσα. Ακόμα και σήμερα οι κάτοικοι του Τυμπακίου και των Βόρων, κυρίως οι ηλικιωμένοι, όταν χρησιμοποιούν το όνομα ως μικροτοπωνύμιο, τόσο στην εμπρόθετη μορφή όσο και στην ονομαστική πτώση του, μετατοπίζουν και προφέρουν το ρ πριν από το υ: η Πρυjιώτισσα, στη bρυjιώτισσα, στο Πρυjιωθιανό bέρασμα. Η γραφή, επομένως, Priotissa των βενετσιάνικων εγγράφων δεν είναι εσφαλμένη μεταγραφή του ονόματος, όπως μέχρι σήμερα θεωρείται, αλλά πιστή μεταφορά της φωνητικής απόδοσης του τοπωνυμίου από τους ντόπιους. Οι Ενετοί δεν είχαν πρόβλημα να καταγράψουν την καστελανία ως Pirgiotissa ή Piriotissa. Δεν δημιουργούσε γι' αυτούς γλωσσικό-φωνητικό πρόβλημα η μεταφορά στην ιταλική γλώσσα του ονόματος αυτού καθ' αυτού, παρά μονάχα η απόδοση της συλλαβήςjιώ-, επειδή δεν υπάρχει αντίστοιχο γράμμα στα ιταλικά για να αποδώσει τη φωνητική της αξία του jι-. Από τη στιγμή όμως που το ευήκοον βενετσιάνικο αφτί

2025, Analele Brăilei

Desfășurarea războiului ruso-turc, de la a cărui încheiere ne despart exact 140 de ani, este bine cunoscută din numeroase surse 1 , evenimentelor legate de acesta fiindu-le dedicate numeroase materiale istoriografice, fapt ce ne scutește de orice prezentări introductive în acest sens. Vrând-nevrând, și Brăila-ajunsă azi la 650 de ani de atestare documentară-, avea să cunoască gustul conflictului, al ghiulelelor și "ocupației", chiar dacă secvențial, datorită trecerii armatelor rusești spre teatrul de operațiuni din sudul Dunării și Balcani, facilitate și de crearea unui pod peste fluviu în zona Ghecet 2. Muzeul Brăilei-de la o vreme numit "Carol I" în cinstea întemeietorului său care, cum se știe, a edificat la momentul 1877-1878

2025, Türkiye Araştırmaları Literatür Dergisi

OSMANLI İMPARATORLUĞU'NUN Balkanlar'daki varlığı; mimarîsi, gündelik yaşam biçimi ve kendine özgü formuyla "Osmanlı dönemi Balkan şehirleri" olarak adlandırılabilecek bir şehir hayatının teşekkülüne önayak olmuştur. Balkan topraklarının Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'ndan ayrılmasından sonra hâkim milliyetçi yaklaşımların şekillendirdiği tarih yazıcılığı, uzun yıllar Osmanlı dönemini yok sayma veya Balkanların tarihi içerisinde ona bir yer vermeme yolunu tercih etmiştir. Bu sebeple XX. yüzyılın son çeyreğine kadar bölgenin Osmanlı dönemi şehir hayatına dair çalışmalar bir elin parmaklarını geçmeyecek sayıdadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Osmanlı dönemi Balkan şehrini konu edinen çalışmalardan örnekler sunmak ve üç ülkeyi esas alarak bölgeye yönelik literatürdeki tartışmalarda öne çıkan temayülleri değerlendirmeye tâbi tutmaktır. Coğrafyanın genişliği ve incelenen dönemin uzunluğu, Osmanlı dönemi Balkan şehirleri ile ilgili tüm çalışmaları kapsamamıza izin vermemektedir. Konuyla ilgili olarak bölgenin yerel dillerinde yazılmış önemli ve çok sayıda eser olmakla birlikte, değerlendirmenin genel okuyucuya hitap edebilmesi açısından çalışma, uluslararası alanda tanınmış eserlerle sınırlı tutulmuştur.

2025, Ψηφίδες Ιστορίας της Πρέβεζας δ΄ / Tesserae of Preveza's History δ΄

Ο τόμος περιέχει τη βραβευμένη εργασία του τέταρτου διαγωνισμού που προκήρυξαν τα Γενικά Αρχεία του Κράτους - Τμήμα Πρέβεζας και το Ίδρυμα "Ακτία Νικόπολις" για τη συγγραφή μελετών που αφορούν στην ιστορία της Πρέβεζας. Πρόκειται για την εργασία της κ. Αριστέας Στ. Γρατσέα με τίτλο: Η πρώτη βενετική κατάληψη της Πρέβεζας και η συμμετοχή των Ελλήνων. Το χειρόγραφο της Μαρκιανής βιβλιοθήκης. / The volume contains the prize awarded paper submitted in the "History of Preveza Prize Competition 2023", organized by the General Archives of Greece and the Actia Nicopolis Foundation. The paper included in the volume is written by Dr. Aristea St. Gratsea under the title: The first Venetian occupation of Preveza and the participation of Greeks. The manuscript of the Marciana National Library. (In Greek, with English abstract)

2025, Review of the Institute of History and Archaeology / Macedonia –Crossroads of Epochs, Civilizations and Cultures / Vol. 1 No. II (2023): RIHA-SI

The archeological excavation at the site "Pirgo-Kalj'nata" which is located southeast of the village of Mokrievo (Strumichko), was carried out for the first time in 2011-2012. The archeological site lies at the foot of Belasica Mountain.
It's a question of fortification building -a tower, which, according to the construction method, was built in late antiquity as a frurion, i.e. observatory that secured the road direction Strumica -Ser. Such fortress from the late antique or early Byzantine period, which have laid along important road routes and passages, were partially restored and put into operation in the Middle Ages. We believe that this tower in the village of Mokrievo was used by Samuil and most possible, it is the fortress of Matzukion (Ματζούκιον) mentioned by the chronicler John Skylitzes in the descent of Basil II in 1014.
In 2023, NI Institute for protection of cultural heritage and Museum Strumica designed a project for conservation of this tower. With the realization of this project, we will get another cultural monument that will be presented to the general public, related to the historical events in this part of Macedonia, from the time of late antiquity, Samuel's wars and the Middle Ages.

2025, Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια

Ο Ιερός Ναός Μεταμορφώσεως του Σωτήρος ή απλούστερα Ιερός Ναός του Παντοκράτορα είναι, στις μέρες μας, ένας από τους τρεις ενοριακούς ναούς των περιχώρων της Πρέβεζας. Ο πρώτος ναός κατασκευάστηκε στα τέλη του 18ου αιώνα και ήταν ιδιόκτητος, των ιερωμένων Αθανασίου Σταμάτη, Ιωάννη Δεβάρη και Άνθιμου Μοντεσάντου. Ο ναός φαίνεται ότι υπέστη σημαντικές ζημιές κατά τον «Χαλασμό της Πρέβεζας» του 1798 και σταδιακά εγκαταλείφθηκε. Το 1953 εγκαινιάστηκε νέος ναός, που κτίστηκε στον ομώνυμο προσφυγικό οικισμό της Πρέβεζας. Ο ναός αυτός κατεδαφίστηκε το 2008 και στη θέση του ξεκίνησε η ανέγερση του υπάρχοντος σήμερα μεγάλου ναού.

2025

OL. VIKATOU - V. TSANTILA_ΚΑΣΤΡΟ ΒΟΝΙΤΣΑΣ_ΦΥΛΛΑΔΙΟ - VONITSA CASTLE_LEAFLET_2023

2025, Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Istorie

The 80' are marked by a broad nationalist in historical research in Romania, a situation similar to that in Bulgaria. A large number of Romanian archaeologists have chosen to collaborate with the Department of State Security (DSS). There is a great diversity of notes made available to the DSS by them, but the ones discussed in this study draw attention to the concern of the DSS towards the results of archaeological research in Bulgaria and their use as arguments in possible future territorial claims. The case of Bulgaria is not unique in ACNSAS documents; the Hungarian archaeological research was equally focused, with the same arguments.

2025, „Tyragetia”, XIV [XXIX], 2, 2020, pp. 77-88

În această intervenţie autorul emite unele consideraţii privind denumirea unei monede care a făcut
„carieră”, în special în relaţiile comerciale şi în plata birurilor şi taxelor, vreme de aproape două veacuri. Prezenţa
sa masivă – cum am arătat, legată mai ales de problemele politicii inflaţioniste – a făcut să fie adesea atestată documentar,
nu şi fără confirmare prin descoperirile arheologice. De-a lungul perioadei în care a fost emis, acest nominal
a cunoscut variaţii metrologice, reformele monetare din anii 1619 şi 1623 generând o devalorizare treptată a
monedelor prin scăderea cantităţii de argint conţinute în ele. Rolul emisiunilor de poltorac în economia Poloniei a
fost acela de numerar în cadrul micilor tranzacţii curente, astfel că pătrunderea acestor monede de proastă calitate,
devalorizate (inflaţioniste), în ţările vecine a fost favorizată tocmai de lipsa unei monede mărunte locale.
Din punct de vedere fonetic, denumirea polturac este apropiată de poltura, monedă de bilon – imitaţie după cea
poloneză – emisă pentru Ungaria şi Transilvania în secolele al XVII-lea - al XVIII-lea şi având, iniţial, aceeaşi valoare
(denumirea acestui nominal este înscrisă în legenda de pe aversul piesei, alături de imaginea Fecioarei Maria
cu Pruncul). Această apropiere a creat numeroase confuzii, datorate, fără îndoială, asemănării fonetice (o vreme, şi
valorice) dintre termeni, iar disocierea între emisiunile poloneze şi cele ungureşti/trasilvănene sunt – în cele mai
multe dintre cazuri – imposibile, în lipsa unor determinanţi, precum polturac împărătesc sau unguresc şi polturac
polonez. Aluzia surselor la spaţiul în care sunt vehiculate piesele numismatice, Transilvania, respectiv Moldova,
şi, uneori, Ţara Românească, nu constituie elemente de siguranţă absolută pentru atribuirea denumirii unuia sau
altuia dintre „etnicele” monedelor.
Cu toate aceste probleme de documentare, autorul a consemnat principalele atestări ale monedei în diverse contexte,
semnalând, totodată, variatele denumiri, antroponimele şi toponimele pe care le-a inspirat, respectiv câteva
expresii construite în jurul acestui nume de monedă

2024, Revista Istorică, s.n., tom XXXV, 2024, nr. 4-6, p. 483-533

The study analyses the dates of the documents considered to be from the
first reign of Mircea called the Shepherd, lord of Wallachia. A total of 147 documents were published in 1981 and 1983 in Documenta Romaniae Historica, series B, volume IV and V. In the meantime, eight others have been published in various works. The result of this research is the redating of nineteen of them, while two are classified as doubtful/false. An overview of the newly dated documents is given in Appendix I (Table 1). The changes occurred in the lord’s council in these years are presented in Appendix II (Tables 6).

2024

“An Ottoman Dervish Lodge in the Tower of Winds,”
Field Notes: Athens in Flux, Architectural Histories 12.1 (2024): 16-20, notes and bibliography 57-66. DOI: https://doi. org/10.16995/ah.16350

2024

Η δ κλέα βμ εα κέεβ βμ β γΫ β βμ αλξαέαμ λΪ κυ απκ ζ έ ηέα απσ δμ πζβλΫ λ μ πδ κηΫμ βμ υθκζδεάμ πκλ έαμ κ ξλσθκ πθ κδεδ ηυθ βμ Αδ πζκαεαλθαθέαμ. υΰελκ βηΫθβ πμ πσζβ ά β απσ κθ 6 κ αδ. π. Χ. ΰέθ αδ β Ϋ λα κυ Κκδθκτ πθ Αεαλ-θΪθπθ απσ β τ α ά κυ κθ 5 κ αδ. Ϋπμ κ 272 π.Χ. ΰδα θα π λΪ δ α ξΫλδα πθ αθ δπΪζπθ Αδ πζυθ η λδεΫμ εα έ μ η Ϊ. υηπ λδζαηίΪθ αδ κυμ κδεδ ηκτμ πκυ Ϋπ αθ γτηα α κυ υθκδεδ ηκτ βμ Νδεσπκζβμ η Ϊ κ Άε δκ (31 π. Χ.) εαδ απκΰυηθπ-ηΫθβ βηκΰλαφδεΪ ίδυθ δ ηδα παλα αηΫθβ παλαεηά. Ά βηβ πμ β η κίυααθ δθά π λέκ κ, αθαΰ θθΪ αδ κθ 9 κ αδ. έ πμ η κ σθκηα Αχε ώο αλξδεΪ, αλΰσ λα ί ίαδπηΫθα πμ λ ηΫθδεκ ξπλδσ Gerovilia (1436) ά κ(υ)λκίέΰζδ (1804) Ϋπμ βθ εκθ δθά ηαμ εα έα κυ 1960, κπσ εαδ δαζτγβε ΰδα ξΪλβ πθ ηθβη έπθ κυ παλ ζγσθ κμ βμ. κ υηα πθ πζβλκφκλδυθ πκυ Ϋξ δ υΰελκ ά δ β πμ υλα Ϋλ υθα ΰτλπ απσ κθ ξυλκ εαδ κυμ αθ-ABSTRACT The history of habitation on the site of ancient Stratos forms one of the fullest compendia of the settlements of Akarnania and Aetolia during the course of time. Organized as a city as early as the 6 th c. BC, Stratos becomes the capital of the Akarnanian Confederation (Koinon), from its establishment in the 5 th c. BC to 272 BC. A few decades later, it would fall into the hands of its Aetolian adversaries. It is one of the settlements which fell victim to the synecoism of Nikopolis after the naval battle of Actium (31 BC). As a result, it was reduced in terms of population and entered a long period of decline. Away from the centre of historical events up to the Middle Byzantine period, it was reborn in the 9 th c. AD, perhaps initially with the name Acheloos and later, based on certified data, as the Romunian village of Gerovilia (1436) or So(u)rovigli (1804) until the 1960's, when it was finally dissolved in order to preserve the monuments of its past.

2024, Βήμα της Πρέβεζας, φύλλο 7292, 1 Οκτωβρίου 2024, σελ. 6-7.

Στα μέσα της δεκαετίας του 1930, άλλος ένας βιβλιοπώλης και χαρτοπώλης της Πρέβεζας, ο Ηράκλειος Κοντός, εξέδωσε επιστολικά δελτάρια (καρτ ποστάλ) με θέματα από την Πρέβεζα και την αρχαία Νικόπολη. Είχε προηγηθεί ο συνάδελφός του βιβλιοπώλης και εκδότης της εφημερίδας «Βήμα Πρεβέζης» Νικήτας Τσουτσάνης (1887-1963), Αρκάς στην καταγωγή, ο οποίος μετά την εγκατάστασή του στην Πρέβεζα δημιούργησε και κυκλοφόρησε, τη δεκαετία του 1920, δέκα (10) τρίχρωμα χρωμολιθόγραφα καρτ ποστάλ της Πρέβεζας.

2024, Ελληνική Βικιπαίδεια

Ο Ιερός Ναός Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου ή, όπως είναι ευρύτερα γνωστός στην Πρέβεζα, Ιερός Ναός της Παναγίας των Ξένων, είναι ένας από τους εννέα ενοριακούς ναούς της πόλης. Ο πρώτος ναός ήταν ιδιόκτητος, του καπετάν Λιμπέριο Αγκούστι (Liberio Agusti). Παραχωρήθηκε σε αυτόν και τους κληρονόμους του με διάταγμα του Ενετού Γενικού Προβλεπτή της Θάλασσας Τζώρτζη Γκριμάνι (Zorzi Grimani) μεταξύ των ετών 1737 και 1740. Ο ναός ανακαινίστηκε εκ βάθρων το 1872, μετά τις μεγάλες ζημιές που υπέστη από τον καταστρεπτικό σεισμό του 1869. Ο σημερινός ναός είναι ξυλόστεγη μονόχωρη βασιλική, με σαφή μορφολογικά στοιχεία από το Επτανησιακό Μπαρόκ.

2024, Bosphorus Strait Forts & Redoubts

Illustration 3. Depiction of an attack on a section of fort walls.

2024, Археологически открития и разкопки през 2020 г. Книга II.

At 18 Vasil Levski Str. the remains of a late antique building were excavated. The total length of the building is 14.5 m, the width is not clear because the eastern wall falls outside the trench, and from the west the building is disturbed by an Ottoman ditch. The southern room features an exedra from the east. The stratigraphy of the site shows that the building was erected in the second third of the 4th c. and was burned in the late 4th – the mid 5th c. CE.

2024, ΕΦΑ ΑΧΑΪΑΣ (6η Εφορεία Βυζαντινών Αρχαιοτήτων)

2024

Μια γλυκόπικρη κωμωδία που μιλά για ανεκπλήρωτες προσδοκίες και όνειρα, για μια φυγή που είναι δύσκολο να πραγματοποιηθεί και για μια καθηλωτική πραγματικότητα.

2024, Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology

The paper examines specific artifacts – stone balls of various sizes – that constitute significant material remnants of Ottoman military history in Bulgaria. While historical records confirm the existence of Ottoman gunpowder artillery in the region, archaeological research has contributed little to its study. This is largely due to the misdating and misinterpretation of these stone balls.
Through careful analysis of publicly available archaeological data and historical sources, this study presents a new perspective on using gunpowder artillery and stone projectiles in Ottoman Bulgaria. It contends that most of these artefacts were integral to the Ottoman military arsenal, challenging previous assumptions that limited them to medieval ammunition.
The study provides compelling evidence for the existence of Ottoman-era stone projectiles at several sites, including Cherven, Shumen, Nikopol, Silistra, Kaliakra, and Svishtov. This evidence is corroborated by historical records, which underscore the undeniable presence of Ottoman artillery in the region, particularly in the areas between the Danube and the Balkan Mountains, which remained a vulnerable frontier zone in contrast to the land south of the mountains.
Crucially, this research underscores the need for more precise archaeological documentation, comprehensive artefact descriptions, thorough contextual information, and multidisciplinary research to understand the complex history of these stone projectiles fully.

2024, Ancient Fortress of Aigosthena. Southeastern Tower (T1). Restoration and Consolidation Project (edited by Eleni Sp. Banou)

2024

Τα πέτρινα τοξωτά γεφύρια, μονότοξα ή πολύτοξα, αποτελούν μνημεία κληρονομιάς στις χώρες όπου αυτά διασώζονται. Τα γεφύρια συνέδεαν τις όχθες χειμάρρων και ποταμών ώστε να εξασφαλίζουν τη διέλευση των πεζοπόρων κατά μήκος των οδών και στα σημεία διασταύρωσης με ρέματα και ποτάμια. Η κατασκευή τους ανάγεται συνήθως από τα αρχαία χρόνια μέχρι και σήμερα με μεταβολή της δομής, της τεχνικής και των υλικών κατασκευής τους ανά τους αιώνες. Η κατασκευή των πέτρινων γεφυριών απαιτούσε ιδιαίτερες γνώσεις και τεχνικές. Συχνά ήταν κατασκευασμένα με ξερολιθιά και ενίοτε με συνδετικό κονίαμα μεταξύ των λίθων. Σαν κατασκευαστές αυτών των γεφυριών αναφέρονται φημισμένοι μάστορες, πετράδες της Μακεδονίας, κυρίως από την περιοχή της Κοζάνης, των Γρεβενών και της Φλώρινας που ονομάζονταν ΄΄κουδαρίτες΄΄ από το ΄΄κούδα΄΄ που σημαίνει πέτρα. 1 Τέτοια γεφύρια υπάρχουν σε

2024

In the fifteenth century, the Mediterranean world was in turmoil. A new sultan, Mehmet II, had just inherited a vast empire stretching over two continents in the centre of which the ruins of the Byzantine Empire survived through the city of Constantinople. In order to seal his accession, he therefore undertook important preparations to conquer the "City guarded by God". Mehmet then ordered the construction, within 4 months, of an imposing fortress nicknamed Boǧazkesen (the throat cutter). This coup de force is a testimony to the incredible military and economic power of this growing empire that masters a new war technology: artillery. The Ottomans, who were still novices in this field, had therefore had to adapt their fortifications to the use of firearms. Using local and foreign architects and engineers, the Ottoman fortifications built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries bear witness to an architectural experimentation that seems to testify, like the work carried out in Rhodes by Pierre d'Aubusson or in Methoni by the Venetians, to a real research in terms of offensive and defensive effectiveness. In this context, the fortifications of Rumeli Hisarı and Anadolu Hisarı, built on either side of the narrowest point of the Bosporus in 1451-1452, are characterized by the presence of large coastal batteries that operate together. They were to block access to Constantinople by the Black Sea, combining sinking and dismasting fire.

2024

Ierarhi și preoți tulceni-apărători ai Ortodoxiei în perioada regimului comunist / 176 Dorin POPESCU Temnițe și temple ale Bucovinei / 186 Secțiunea "Istorie și spiritualitate-Epoca Modernă" Vlad MISCHEVCA Periodizarea Războiului Ruso-Turc din 1806-1812 / 195 Diana EȚCO Iluminism, societăți secrete și francmasonerie în Basarabia primului deceniu de la anexare (1812-1822). Implicații și realizări / 206 Viorel BOLDUMA Tentative de emigrație a țăranilor din județul Bender în Extremul Orient în anii 1894-1896 / 235 Igor CHIOSA Poliția politică ca instrument de dominare al Imperiului Rus în Basarabia / 245 Lavinia-Dacia DUMITRAȘCU Basarabia sfârșitului de secol XIX în paginile "Gazetei de Transilvania": "Frați despre frați" / 254 Carmen-Elena ȚILIVEA Comemorarea semicentenarului morții lui Ciprian Porumbescu în paginile ziarului "Glasul Bucovinei" (1933) / 266 Anisia EMILEAN Prefectul de Tulcea (1897-1900) Ioan Nenițescu-promotor al românismului în nordul Dobrogei / 280 Florin POPESCU Atanasie Simu (1854-1935) sau despre bunul gust al vechilor elite românești / 287 Secțiunea "Istorie și spiritualitate-Epoca Contemporană" Serghei HAKMAN Relațiile româno-sovietice în contextul procesului de formare a unui sistem colectiv de securitate europeană în perioada interbelică / 305 Emil ȚÎRCOMNICU Aşezarea macedoromânilor în Dobrogea de Sud-prima etapă (1925-1933) / 318 Lavinia-Dacia DUMITRAȘCU Dimitrie D. Chirescu-prefect de Storojineț (24 aprilie 1931-7 iunie 1932) / 340 Ion ȘIȘCANU Gurile Dunării în strategia Uniunii Sovietice (1918-1940) / 349 Stoica LASCU Drama refugiaților români din sudul Dobrogei/Cadrilater (toamna anului 1940) / 357 Marian ZIDARU Aspecte ale colaborării dintre SOE şi NKVD în Balcani și România (1944) / 419 Cristina GÎLĂ Continuitate și valori adăugate în educația la nivel european / 434 Magdalena IACOB-BACIU Recomandări în vremuri de Pandemie-resurse pentru predare/ învățare/ evaluare în online / 439

2024, https://doxesdespotatou.com/

Η εργασία αποτελείται από τρία μέρη: Το πρώτο μέρος αναφέρεται στον περιηγητή Εβλιγιά Τσελεμπή, το έργο του και τις πρώτες εργασίες που δημοσιεύτηκαν για το οδοιπορικό του στην Ελλάδα και την Ήπειρο. Το δεύτερο μέρος περιλαμβάνει την... more

2024, Studii şi Materiale de Istorie Medie, XXXVI, p.447-460

Livres manuscrits et livres imprimes dans 1es pays roumains à la charnière du XVII e et du XVIII e siècle, în "

2024

Approximately two hundred meters west of the church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in Kalabaka, atop a small rock, lie the ruins of a house, which crumbles abandoned to fate. This is the mansion of Yannakis Kalabakas, the obscure... more

2024

Μια περίεργη αναφορά για ενα συστατικό που προσέθεταν στο κρασί, στη Ζίτσα, τον 19ο αιώνα.

2024, Ερευνητική εργασία, Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης, Τμήμα Αρχιτεκτόνων Μηχανικών

Αντικείμενο της παρούσας έρευνας είναι η μελέτη του δικτύου των Οθωμανικών οχυρωματικών μνημείων, γνωστοί ως Κουλέδες, που ανεγέρθηκαν στην Κρήτη κατά την ύστερη Τουρκοκρατία και συγκεκριμένα την περίοδο 1866 έως 1869. Θα μελετήσουμε αφενός τον τρόπο που αναπτύχθηκε το συγκεκριμένο δίκτυο, τους λόγους που οδήγησαν τους Τούρκους στην κατασκευή τους και τα στρατηγικά πλεονεκτήματα που απέκτησαν. Αφετέρου, θα μελετήσουμε τους Κουλέδες ως προς την αρχιτεκτονική τους και θα κάνουμε μια αναλυτική χαρτογράφηση των Κουλέδων στην Κρήτη. Τέλος, θα προσπαθήσουμε να κάνουμε μια σύγκριση του δικτύου της Κρήτης με αντίστοιχες Οθωμανικές οχυρώσεις στην Ελλάδα και τα Βαλκάνια και ειδικότερα με του Αμβρακικού Κόλπου. Στόχος μας είναι να αναδείξουμε αυτά τα μνημεία, να δείξουμε την σπουδαιότητά τους και να βάλουμε ένα λιθαράκι στην διάσωσή τους.

2024, TEOLOGIE ȘI EDUCAȚIE LA DUNĂREA DE JOS THEOLOGY AND EDUCATION AT THE LOWER DANUBE

In this work, I wanted to evoke the personality of the one who was a
teacher worthy of my respect, for the model of dignity and professionalism, offered to his students, Paul Paltânea. In this context, I tried to understand how the young Paul Paltânea was formed, who were his role models – the teachers he worked with, how he understood what it means to defend your freedom of conscience even at a price difficult
to pay for many. On the other hand, I tried to bring to light, perhaps less known aspects about the environment in which the History-Geography Specialization began its activity, within the Faculty of Letters and Sciences in Galati
We also wanted to talk about the role of the teacher, in our case, of history, in a reorganized, reformed education system, affected by ideologies, but with a goal that has not changed until today – that of perfecting the personality of young people. Currently, we are witnessing many discussions regarding educational objectives and there are theorists who want to remove from the classic scheme the attitudes, which should
complete the picture of skills, abilities and competences, based on values, which should be assumed by those who want to integrate into a postmodern society, with a great dynamic that implies permanent adaptation and re‑adaptation to change. History, more than theoretical, abstract disciplines, presupposes principles that should be related to
truths that are immutable. The latter, I think, cannot or should not be able to change and adapt to the times!

2024

The light house at Actium and it's use as pilot station at World War II. Presenting two reports, about the positive usage of this minor naval stucture which had a respectively aknowledged impact, at the evolution of the modern greek... more

2024, TRAKYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ

Osmanlı Devleti'nin Ege adalarını Çanakkale Boğazı önlerinden başlamak üzere XVI. yüzyılın ikinci yarısına kadar geçen süreçte adım adım ele geçirmeleri, Ege Denizi'nin bir Osmanlı iç denizi haline gelmesiyle sonuçlanmıştır. Hem bu iç denizi kuzey, batı ve doğu kıyılarıyla bir bütün haline getirip gerekli malî ve sosyal uygulamaları yapabilmek ve hem de Akdeniz'e yönelik siyasetin dayanak noktalarını oluşturabilmek amacıyla burada yer alan irili-ufaklı adalar yeni idarî düzenlemeler içine alınmıştır. Şubat 1534'de Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa'nın beylerbeyliğe getirilip Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefîd Eyâleti'nin oluşturulması, Ege adalarının durumlarını belirleyici bir etken olmuştur. Gelibolu, Rodos ve Midilli bu eyâletin Ege Denizi'ni içine alan temel birimleri haline getirilmiştir. İlk dönemlerde Gelibolu Sancağı'na bağlı bir nahiye konumunda bulunan Limni XVIII. yüzyılın ikinci yarısından itibaren Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefîd Eyâleti bünyesinde kaza, eyâletin yeniden yapılandırılmasından sonra ise sancak statüsüne yükseltilmiştir.1864'de vilâyet statüsünü elde eden Cezâyir-i Bahr-i Sefîd'in 1923'de imzalanan Lozan Andlaşması sonucunda hukûkî statüsü tamamıyla sona ermiştir.

2024, The "Fetsis" family and the "notorious" city of Agia Mavra

The "Fetsis" family and the "notorious" city of Agia Mavra.
The clan bearing the surname "Fetsis" appear to have originated in NW Lefkada and are descendants of an Arvanite Greek-speaking Orthodox family that lived in the 16th century on the outskirts of the capital of the Ottoman-occupied Lefkada.
By researching the course of this family, the author tries to draw some safe conclusions about the history of the island of Lefkada, especially during the period of its rule by the Ottomans.

2023, Ελληνική Εταιρεία Γεωγραφικών Μελετών Ο ΣΤΡΑΒΩΝ, Δεκέμβριος 2023

Βρέθηκα την Τετάρτη, 13 Δεκεμβρίου στον Πειραιά, στην παρουσίαση του βιβλίου των Πλατιά-Κολιόπουλου «50 κανόνες Στρατηγικής στις ελληνο-τουρκικές σχέσεις»(2023) που αποτελεί εξειδίκευση για τα παρ ημίν του σημαντικού έργου των ιδίων, «Η Τέχνη της Στρατηγικής» (2021). Επρόκειτο για ένα λουτρό ρεαλισμού στη σφαίρα της εξωτερικής πολιτικής και των διακρατικών σχέσεων. Μεταξύ εκείνων που παρουσίασαν το βιβλίο ήταν ο πρώην ΓΓΥΠΕΞ Πρέσβυς ε.τ. Γ.Γεννηματάς. Την επομένη, Πέμπτη 14 Δεκεμβρίου, επίσης καλεσμένος, παρακολούθησα στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, παρουσίαση βιβλίων του καθηγητή Πρεβελάκη, με πιό πρόσφατο το, μέχρι νεωτέρας οριστικό για τις απόψεις του, «Τα Ξύλινα Τείχη» (2020). Μίλησε και ο Υπουργός Παιδείας κ. Πιερρακάκης.

2023, Stavros Mamaloukos, The Architecture in the Region of Souli in the Context of the Epirote Architecture of the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries, Ioannis Chouliaras (ed.), 200 χρόνια από την Ελληνική επανάσταση (1821-2021). Πρακτικά ημερίδας, Igoumenitsa 2023, 40-64

The study of the architecture of Souli is of particular interest in the architectural history of the wider geographical region surrounding it, for the following reasons:
1st As in its heyday, Souli was an – even if somewhat peculiar – local regional center during its period of growth, building activity in its region was not only intense, but also – always within the confines of the local “traditional” architecture – exhibited high intensions,
2nd Following the final departure of the Souliotes, human activity in the region was confined to the rudimentary coverage of the needs of the small and extremely poor farming-animal raising communities that replaced the once stately and populous settlements; hence, the buildings of this period of growth were deserted and fell into ruin, but, nevertheless, were not replaced with new buildings – save for minor exceptions -, and thus form a closed group, the study of which can be pivotal in the research of the architectural production of the region during the period under study, and,
3rd Exactly due to the minimal human activity at Souli after 1822, the buildings of its period of growth were preserved, even if at ruinous state, in contrast to buildings in other areas of Thesprotia and the rest of Epirus, which saw a modern period of growth during the 19th and early 20th century. These buildings, thus, form one of the oldest, dated monumental groups that survive in Epirus and its wider geographic region.
The buildings of the region of Souli include the Castle of Kiafa, which was built by Ali Pasha of Ioannina in 1803, a substantial number of churches, all of which exhibit the typical features of Epirote church architecture of the era, numerous houses, many of which lend themselves to further study, despite their ruinous state, and some water-mills. The architecture of Souli was rugged, almost primitive, and extremely simple and austere, perfectly reflecting the mentality and the wild and hard life of its inhabitants.
It be noted here, however, that these same elements are also often encountered elsewhere in Epirus during the 18th, 19th and even in the 20th century. Hence, both in terms of building program and typology, as well as construction and morphology, the architecture of the region of Souli in the 18th and early 19th century is fully integrated into the architecture of the Modern Time Period in the wider region of Epirus, while at the same time constitutes an extremely interesting unique group.

2023, ΕΥΛΙΜΕΝΕ

Since antiquity, attack and defence were frequent phenomena in the human lives and the urban complexes. For this reason, the discovery of a defensive solution against any kind of attack was of an imperative necessity. In order to ensure the feeling of safety, people constructed fortifications, which protected their lives and their properties as well. Using as a reference point a small town, Pistyros, which was established near Nestos river (north Aegean), the preserved remains of a severe fortification that ringed this town will be examined. Initially, it will be preceded a brief mention to the town itself in an attempt to clear out the historical context of it, the matter of its naming, the determination of its metropolis and many other topics concerning this town. The small town, which was possibly an emporion, stands today near Pontolivado village, in Kavala prefecture, at the northeast of Greece. This site is related with an archaeologically promising area, since the interesting findings from that place are constantly unveiling the past of the town that had been covered by the oblivion of the time.

2023

Koroni (gr. Κορώνη, eng. Corone), a diachronically prominent city of southwestern Messenia region at the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, gained significant attention under Venetian rule from 13 th century as an intermediate naval station for important trade routes of eastern Mediterranean. It consisted together with the neighbouring city of Methoni (gr. Μεθώνη, eng. Modon) the so called "eyes of the Republic in the East." Following the Ottoman conquest by Sultan Bayezid II in 1500, Koroni became a strategically important ottoman city and the castle undergone new fortification and restoration works in order to host up-to-date artillery provisions. Ottomans constructed the eastern-front complex of Livadye-kalesi with round tower-bastions and a moat and implement reinforcements at the acropolis and at selective places of the northern outer section of the castle. A big part of these sophisticated and experimental works can be dated at the first half of 16 th century, mainly based on comparative typological characteristics and sparse archival references. The current essay examines the ottoman fortification works at Koroni from 1500 till the reconquest of the castle in 1685 by the Venetians, who delivered rich archival records on the castle's condition. The study presents the results of the Ph.D. research on Ottoman fortifications at Peloponnese during the first period of ottoman occupation and recent elements deriving from the writer's involvement in restoration project of the Messenia Ephorate of Antiquities for Livadye complex.