The Ionian Islands And Epirus

Author : Jim Potts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199754160
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ionian Islands and Epirus written by Jim Potts and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing a portrait of the islands off the coast of Greece, Corfu resident Jim Potts narrates the cultural legacies of this unique place from Homer to modern times.

Author : Jim Potts
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1908493461
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ionian Islands and Epirus written by Jim Potts and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scattered off the west coast of mainland Greece are the seven Ionian Islands, celebrated for their spectacular landscapes, olive groves and classical associations. Together with the mountainous mainland region of Epirus, the combined populations of Corfu, Paxos, Lefkas, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Kythira constitute less than a twentieth of the population of Greece, yet they have made a huge contribution to the culture of the country, before and since becoming part of the Greek state. The unsurpassed beauty of the islands and of the Pindus Mountains has stimulated the imagination of countless writers and artists from Homer to Byron, Edward Lear and the Durrells, Louis de Bernières and Nicholas Gage, as well as scores of nineteenth-century travellers. Drawing a mosaic portrait of the Ionian Islands and special places of interest in Epirus, Corfu resident Jim Potts focuses on the landscapes, legends, traditions and historical events that have appealed most strongly to the imaginations of writers, residents and travellers.

Author : Henry Jervis-White Jervis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Island of Corfú and of the Republic of the Ionian Islands written by Henry Jervis-White Jervis and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frédéric Guillaume de Vaudoncourt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memoirs on the Ionian Islands, written by Frédéric Guillaume de Vaudoncourt and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christian Müller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
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Download or read book Journey Through Greece and the Ionian Islands written by Christian Müller and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tertius T. C. Kendrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ionian Islands written by Tertius T. C. Kendrick and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Georges Pillement
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Epirus, Thessaly, Corfu and the Ionian Islands written by Georges Pillement and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony Hirst
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443862789
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ionian Islands written by Anthony Hirst and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ionian Islands stretch south from the Adriatic, where Corfu’s Pantokrator mountain overlooks Albania across narrow straits, along the western coast of mainland Greece through Paxi, Kephalonia, Ithaca, Lefkada and Zakynthos, to Kythira, midway between Athens and Crete. Three crucial sea-battles were fought here – Sybota (the first recorded), Actium and Lepanto – an indication of the Ionians’ role as an East-West crossroads, between Western Christendom and the Orthodox and Islamic East. Ruled by Venice in her Stato da Mar (sea-empire), the islands became an independent state, as the Septinsular Republic and then, under British Protection, as the United States of the Ionian Islands. Before the mainland Greeks had a State, the Ionian people were proud of having a university – from 1824 – in Corfu town, a World Heritage Site. The islands were united with the Kingdom of Greece in 1864 – the first addition to its territory. This book (with over thirty illustrations) explores the history, archaeology, languages, customs and culture of the Ionian Islands. Without venturing far from the islands, readers will learn much about this distinctive part of the Mediterranean and Greek world. The chapters range from the mythology of the Bronze Age (Homer’s Scheria, where Odysseus startled Nausicaa as she bathed) to today, concentrating particularly on the British Protectorate (1815–1864). One, illustrated by contemporary maps, deals with descriptions of the islands by a fourteenth-century Venetian writing in Latin. The roles of Jews, Souliot refugees, Greek revolutionaries, rebel peasants in Cephalonia, and workers in Corfu’s port suburb of Mandouki are examined in detail. There are contributions on religion and philosophy, as well as literature, music, painting, and the folk-art of carved walking-canes.

Author : John Dunn Gardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ionian Islands in Relation to Greece written by John Dunn Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sumru Belger Krody
Publisher : Scala Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embroidery of the Greek Islands and Epirus Region written by Sumru Belger Krody and published by Scala Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique in its diversity within a small region, the embroidery of the Epirus region of Greece and the islands of the Aegean and Ionian Seas provides an insightful look at the relationships between textiles and culture. The geographical position of the are