The fortifications of Heraklion are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Heraklion (formerly Candia) in Crete...

the area abounded with pirates and bandits. Heraklion was chosen as capital in 824, with fortifications starting being built the following year, by the...

Cyprus Fortifications of Heraklion, Crete, Greece Fortifications of London, England Lines of Communication (London), English Civil War fortifications built...

the Venetians and the Franks transformed it into part of the town fortifications. Later, part of it was used as a prison until the Greek government decided...

fortifications of the town of Rhodes are shaped like a defensive crescent around the medieval town and consist mostly of a fortification composed of a...

elected grand master of the order. Expecting a new Ottoman attack on Rhodes, he continued to strengthen the city's fortifications, and called upon the...

as the fortifications of Heraklion and the fortifications of Valletta. The fortifications also lacked outworks. The flag of Nicosia (Republic of Cyprus)...

or 'the acropolis of ancient Corinth') is a monolithic rock overlooking the ancient city of Corinth, Greece. In the estimation of George Forrest, "It...

of Athens (Greek: Δουκᾶτον Ἀθηνῶν, Doukaton Athinon; Catalan: Ducat d'Atenes) was one of the Crusader states set up in Greece after the conquest of the...

modern copy Portrait of Philibert de Naillac, Grand Master (1396-1421) Uniform of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Fortifications of Rhodes Knights Hospitaller...

is a fortress located at the entrance of the old port of Heraklion, Crete, Greece. It was built by the Republic of Venice in the early 16th century, and...

Reconquest of Constantinople was the recapture of the city of Constantinople in 1261 CE by the forces led by Alexios Strategopoulos of the Empire of Nicaea...

siege of Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled capital city of the Kingdom of Candia...

Venetians after the departure of Mahmut Pasha in 1473, and equipped with cannons. In 1502, the Venetians changed the fortifications on the southwest side into...

The Duchy of the Archipelago (Greek: Δουκάτο του Αρχιπελάγους, Italian: Ducato dell'arcipelago), also known as Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean,...

territory of Northern Greece and Thessaly. After the fall of Constantinople to the crusaders in 1204, Boniface of Montferrat, the leader of the crusade...

integrated from its founding the surrounding community of Chora, which was built around its fortifications. Religious ceremonies that date back to the early...

height of 4 to 6 m. The foundations of more towers are present. Although not as well preserved, the line of the remainder of the fortification circuit...

the Realm of Candia: Chania (La Canea), ca. 1210–1263 and 1285–1645 Rethymno (Retimo), ca. 1210–1646 Sitia (Sitia), ca. 1210–1651 Heraklion (Candia),...

also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from...

major part of the island, with the exception of Heraklion, Gramvousa, Spinalonga and Suda, which remained under Venetian rule. After the capture of Rethymno...

in Heraklion The Morosini fountain, Lions Square, Heraklion Latin Church in the Middle East Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (1204–1453) Kingdom of Cyprus...

Rock"), also Monastery of Simonos Petra (Greek: Μονή Σίμωνος Πέτρας), is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece....

The Principality of Achaea (/əˈkiːə/) or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after...

This is a list of castles, fortresses and towers in Greece. Forbes-Boyd, Eric "In Crusader Greece: A Tour of the Castles of the Morea", 1964 Eustasiades...

townspeople dug a new moat on the inside of the wall at this point and constructed a new internal fortification, while bombardment from the Turkish artillery...

The Latin Church of the Catholic Church has several dispersed populations of members in the Middle East, notably in Turkey, Cyprus and the Levant (Syria...

fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. Nestled on the crest of a 216-metre (709 ft)...

dedicated to the Ascension of Christ in the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. It is built next to the sea at the northern part of the Athonite peninsula...

Lordship of Salona, after 1318 the County of Salona, was a Crusader state established after the Fourth Crusade (1204) in Central Greece, around the town of Salona...