Publicomos

Réf.

42120

Type

book section

Titre

Venetian Colonial Secular Architecture in the Ionian Islands

Langues

English

Auteurs

Patricios, Nicholas N.

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Titre de la source

Old cultures in new worlds. 8th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium. Programme report - Compte rendu

Pagination de section

731-738

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 8th General Assembly: Old Cultures in New Worlds

Lieu de conférence

Washington D.C., United States

Date de conférence

10-15 October 1987

Mots-clés

architectural heritage / colonial architecture / historic monuments / architectural styles / conservation of historic monuments

Monuments et sites

Ionion Islands

Résumé en anglais

The seven Ionion Islands (Kerkyra, Paxos, Leucada, Ithaca, Kephalonia, Zakynthos and Kythera) off the western and southern coasts of Greece have a unique place in Western cultural history. The islands were the boundary between West and East for over four hundred years. They were also where Renaissance Europe, in the form of the powerful and wealthy Venetian Republic, met the Ottoman Turkish Empire that occupied Greece and the Near East. The purpose of the paper will be to outline the characteristics of Venetian architecture and identify the local adaptations in the Ionion Islands as an example of secular Venetian colonial architecture.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash97.pdf

Document joint

wash97.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)