Medieval Castles in Greece
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
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The castles mentioned in this video are :
The Fortress of Kavala.
The Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights, Rhodes.
Chlemoutsi Castle, Kyllini.
Eptapyrgio, Thessaloniki.
Castle of Skyros.
Fortezza of Rethymno, Crete.
Castle of Lepanto, Central Greece.
Castle of Astypalaia.
Mystras castle Peloponnese
Castle of Ioannina Epirous
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Excellent video. As a younger man I stood at the entrance of the palace on Rhodes. Magnificent. As you pointed out, the state of preservation is one of its key assets.
Cruel irony for me is that I was born on the site of a Roman fort, now long gone; and am around 20 minute's drive to 2 medieval castles, both slighted in the civil war. To add insult to injury, a 3rd, 12th century effort appears to have been abandoned unfinished. All that remains is the mound.
It's a good job I have an imagination! (I'm imagining myself back in Mandraki harbour...)
Thank you John! This sounds very interesting! The palace in Rhodes looks amazing that is true! Thank you for watching my friend!
The Palace of the Knight has some stunning looking arches! I have always enjoyed medieval architecture. Thanks for this virtual tour Nik!
My pleasure Nordic my friend!! Glad you liked the video! i tried to do something different and educational as many people are not aware that Greece has many Medieval Castles.
@@MedievalWargamer I appreciate your efforts Nik. As someone who does not live in Europe it is always a treat to be shown these lovely sites.
There is always something beautiful about these old castles,thank you for doing this
Glad you enjoyed it Justin!
Really interesting subject Nik, I haven't looked into the medieval aspects of Greece, all the best, Garry
Thank you dear Garry! Yes many Castles especially from the Venetians and obviously the Byzantines..
A superb documentary ! The Chlemoutsi castle of Kyllini is really impressive . Congratulations for the presentation of this interesting video .
Thank you my friend!! Yes i have been there it looks amazing.. you should visit if you ever find the chance to come to Greece..i will take you around!
Many interesting castles, nice documentation on each of them, Romania has many nice castles, used to defend her borders, preserving the boarders of Europe for centuries.
Glad you liked the video Lucian! Yes Romania is one of the great Medieval Countries especially during the war against the Ottoman Empire..
The Kastro of Chora, Astypalaia was said to be founded by Giovanni Querini in 1209, having been assigned to him by Marco Sanudo, conquerer of Naxos. While construction of the castle was begun at that time, Querini's son continued the work, and as a Venetian trading outpost, it lasted for some 300 years, up to the 17th century, before submitting to Turkish rule.
Thank you dear Keith for this historical background !yes many castles in Greece where contracted by the Venetians. Thank you for watching my friend!
@@MedievalWargamer Excellent video, ο φίλος μου, and you have so many other scholarly works on your Playlist! It would be of interest to learn of the ancient acropolises found on these sites. For the Astypalaia and Naxos castles you can see many carved stones from an earlier Greek civilization used in the construction.
Great video Nic
Glad you liked in Leon!
The Palace of the Grandmaster on Rhodes is impressive. Some years ago I visited a friend on Malta and saw what the Knights were able to do if they had time to plan and built a city as a fortress.
Malta is the center of Medieval Castles..so beautiful! Yes if you ever find time and plan to go vacations to Greece i would highly suggest Rhodes and of course the beautiful Castle.. Thank you for watching my friend!
The history of the period of Frankish(well mostly Italian and Spanish) rule over parts of Greece during the 14th and 15th centuries is so overlooked in popular medieval studies. I only learned about it via historical fiction by an author Christian Cameron who has a series of novels that follow an fictional young English squire William Gold from the Battle of Potiers, serving a a donat (a non monk secular man at arms who served alongside the Knights of a military orders in this case the Hospital less) being knighted in the wars between the Italian city states while a member of what would become White Company led John Hawkwood, then marrying a Savoyard noble woman and becoming a Baron in the Alps then on to the crusade to Alexandria due obligation the Knights Hospitaller, and adventures in Greece due to a series of complex feudal ties he has he ends up a vassal of both Count Amadeus IV of Savoy(a cousin of the Emperor), king Peter of Cyprus(who he saved during the fighting in Egyptq) and his friendship with Nerio I the Florentine Lord of Athens.
Its a fun series of books
Thank you Aaron this was very interesting!! Thank you for watching my friend!
@@MedievalWargamer Your videos are great. I am currently painting an agincourt English army(Perry miniature)
I've been to lepanto, mystras, and thessaloniki castles, among others not in this list. There are late medieval (byzantine, venetian, ottoman) all over mainland Greece. Just drive through the countryside and you will find numerous castles on your way.
Fantastic !Yes there are many Castles in Greece something that many people would not expect...Thank you for watching my friend!
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