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Fortifications of Chania, the Glossary

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The fortifications of Chania are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Chania in Crete, Greece.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Agioi Theodoroi (islands), Bastion, Byzantine Empire, Chania, Cretan State, Cretan War (1645–1669), Crete, Defensive wall, Ditch (fortification), Fortification, Greece, Hellenistic period, Heraklion, Marco Boschini, Michele Sanmicheli, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Navy, Republic of Venice, Rethymno, Saracen.

  2. Ancient Greek fortifications
  3. Buildings and structures in Chania
  4. City walls in Greece
  5. Venetian fortifications in Crete

Agioi Theodoroi (islands)

Agioi Theodoroi (Άγιοι Θεόδωροι) are two uninhabited islets off the coast of western Crete.

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Bastion

A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Chania

Chania (Χανιά), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit.

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Cretan State

The Cretan State (Kritiki Politeia; Girid Devleti) was established in 1898, following the intervention by the Great Powers (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia) on the island of Crete.

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Cretan War (1645–1669)

The Cretan War (Kritikós Pólemos; Girit'in Fethi), also known as the War of Candia (Guerra di Candia) or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among them the Knights of Malta, the Papal States and France) against the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States, because it was largely fought over the island of Crete, Venice's largest and richest overseas possession.

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Crete

Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Ditch (fortification)

In military engineering, a ditch is an obstacle designed to slow down or break up an attacking force, while a trench is intended to provide cover to the defenders.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Hellenistic period

In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.

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Heraklion

Heraklion or Herakleion (Ηράκλειο), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit.

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Marco Boschini

Marco Boschini (1602–1681) was an Italian painter and engraver of the early Baroque period in Venice.

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Michele Sanmicheli

Michele Sanmicheli, sometimes also transcribed as Sammicheli, Sanmichele or Sammichele (Verona, 1484There is no certainty about the date of his birth. Vasari reports 1484, while architectural historian Giulio Sancassani, through a study of his father's will, concluded that the date of birth had to be some time after 1486 and no later than 1488.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Ottoman Navy

The Ottoman Navy (Osmanlı Donanması) or The Imperial Navy (Donanma-yı Humâyûn.), also known as the Ottoman Fleet, was the naval warfare arm of the Ottoman Empire.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Rethymno

Rethymno (Ρέθυμνο,, also Rethimno, Rethymnon, Réthymnon, and Rhíthymnos) is a city in Greece on the island of Crete.

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Saracen

German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen was a term used both in Greek and Latin writings between the 5th and 15th centuries to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta.

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See also

Ancient Greek fortifications

Buildings and structures in Chania

City walls in Greece

Venetian fortifications in Crete

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications_of_Chania