Coastal Wall
The largest section of the coastal wall dates to the period of 1520-1536. After the catastrophe of 1391 and thanks also to natural wear and tear, the new 16th-century walls were built over the ruins of the earlier historical phases.
Today it is a wonderful place to take a walk, have a bicycle ride or just take a rest. The visitor strolling along the length of the walls will be able to admire the Imaret, the preserved buildings that are unified with the wall and also the wonderful balcony of the “House of the General”.
The first work to strengthen the fortress was carried out in 1425, during the hostilities between the Turks and the Venetians. The limits of the fortified city were extended to “run down” from its naturally fortified position, so as to include a flat piece of land next to the port. The walls of the town reflect the turbulent history of the 27 centuries of its continuous existence.
The largest section of the coastal wall dates to the period of 1520-1536. After the catastrophe of 1391 and thanks also to natural wear and tear, the new 16th-century walls were built over the ruins of the earlier historical phases.
The first work to strengthen the fortress was carried out in 1425, during the hostilities between the Turks and the Venetians. The limits of the fortified city were extended to “run down” from its naturally fortified position, so as to include a flat piece of land next to the port. The walls of the town reflect the turbulent history of the 27 centuries of its continuous existence.
The largest section of the coastal wall dates to the period of 1520-1536. After the catastrophe of 1391 and thanks also to natural wear and tear, the new 16th-century walls were built over the ruins of the earlier historical phases.
History & Culture
The fort is a fortified enclosure, which follows the contours and slope of the ground presenting an altitude difference of up to 10 m. and is divided into two parts by a transverse wall running from N.W. in N. A.
The outer enclosure, which fortifies the lowest and most precarious slope of the hill, has an irregular shape, an average length of 56 m and a width varying from 17 m. on the S. W. side as 58 m. on the opposite side. Its walls are strengthened by two square towers A and B (in the N.W. and N.E. corners respectively), by a polygonal one in about the middle of the eastern curtain and a bastion in the S.E. corner.
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Kavala Fortress
Old Aqueduct
