Monemvasia : People. Place. Presence.

Name: Monemvasia
Brand: Unicorn Publishing Group
SKU: 9781912690251
Price: 5250 KES
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ISBN: 9781912690251

by Ann Eldridge

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 191269025X

ISBN-13 9781912690251

Publisher Unicorn Publishing Group

Imprint Unicorn Publishing Group

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 12th, 2019

Print length 208 Pages

Weight 1,450 grams

Dimensions 24.80 x 27.20 x 2.40 cms

Product Classification: Photographs: collections European history European history

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An outstanding collection of historic photographs of the people of Monemvasia, illustrating the social bonds and institutions, which hold a society together within a unique physical and historic environment.

Monemvasia has a powerful visual and emotive separation from the world. The‘Castro’ or fortress is set on a rock in the southern Peloponnese of the Aegean Sea, joinedby a causeway to the Greek mainland. Inhabitants are further isolated behind the fortifiedwalls, with only one gateway into the Castro. From the 6th century AD it has played a significantrole in Byzantine and Mediterranean history. The unique environment determined how thecommunity evolved through periods of social change.

The photographic collection spans over a century, from 1890 until the present day, andalongside historic and contemporary quotations, provides a graphic description of Monemvasiansociety throughout its recent history. It is an illustration of how a community, living inunique, physical and historical surroundings, may flourish and recreate within itself a strongbond of solidarity, pride and continuity. This interaction determines the pattern of the book.It is a journey, on a physical and emotional level, through Monemvasia. The chapters movethrough the public spaces and activities into the private experiences of family life.

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