"The real history of medieval castles is not the dates of their foundation and walling. The real history of castles is their sieges, the horror and death that have imbued them and the legends that accompany them…”
Σthis book, the author and researcher Nikolaos Koumartzis looks back at the not so well known history of the castles of Greece, singles out seventeen castles from the hundreds that were built in our country, and unfolds all the facts and legends that surround them.
Follow the author on this unique trek and explore with him the castle of Platamon, the eagle nest of Skiathos, the castle of Kavala, the fortresses of Corfu, the castle of the Knights of Ioannina in Rhodes town, the castle of Lindos and that of Monolith . Discover the history of the White Tower of Thessaloniki and the castles of the Gatelouzos in Samothrace. Visit the castle states of Mystras and Monemvasia, the castles of Koroni, Methoni and Kalamata in the Peloponnese, the Fragokastelo with the spectral Drosoulites, the Great Koule of Heraklion in Crete and finally, the castle of Ioannina, the impregnable fortress of Ali Pasha.
Seventeen representatives of the medieval and modern history of Greece who stand out, as something special and unique has marked their myths, legends and history...
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