Publication details
Rozmanitost fortifikací - doklad dějinných zvratů na ostrově Kós (Řecko)
| Title in English | Variety of fortfications as evidence of turnarounds in the history of the Kos Island (Greece) |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Archaeologia historica |
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| Citation | |
| Web | Digitální knihovna FF MU |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | fortification; castle; Byzantium; Order of the Knights of St. John; Kos; Ottomans |
| Description | Fortifications on the Kos bear witness to tumultuos events that the island went trough between the Byzantium and the Turkish invasion. The Order of St. John used the original stronghold in Pyli and built three others: the fortified settlement of Antimacheia, the town and castle of Kos and the Kefalos castle. However, even reinforcement of the fortifications did not prevent the anexation of the island by the Ottoman Empire in 1523. |