Description:
This book presents a description of 16 of the larger medieval fortresses in the Peloponnese, occupied by the Venetians during the period 1685-1715. It is also a beautifully written celebration of some of Greece’s most striking, but also least studied, architectural monuments, inspired by a unique collection of 17th-century fortification plans (the so-called “Grimani codex”) preserved in the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

The book has been long out of print, but a revised edition was published in 2006. See: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/publications/book/?i=9780876614068