Open AccessThe Topography of the Athenian Plain under Ottoman Rule (1456-1821)
Author(s) -
Georgios Pallis
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the historical review/the historical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1791-7603
pISSN - 1790-3572
DOI - 10.12681/hr.208
Subject(s) - fell , prosperity , human settlement , period (music) , ancient history , geography , state (computer science) , architecture , archaeology , cartography , history , art , law , political science , mathematics , algorithm , aesthetics
Τhe settlements that developed in the Athenian plain under Ottoman rule are the subject of the following paper. According to the written sources and the surviving monuments, 25 villages and 14 monasteries were spread throughout the area. After a remarkable period of prosperity in the sixteenth century, most of them fell into a continuous state of decline, until the end of the Ottoman era. The history and the organisation of these settlements, the road network that connected them and domestic and church architecture are put under investigation, in order to reconstruct as much as possible the map and the picture of the area during this long period.