Towers - TRAVELLERS' VIEWS - Places – Monuments – People Southeastern Europe – Eastern Mediterranean – Greece – Asia Minor

View of the harbour and the medieval fortifications of Rhodes, Naillac Tower on the right. View of the Harpy Tomb at Xanthus, Asia Minor.

View of Muscat, Oman.

Observatory from which the Tatars of Kuban watched the movements of their Kirkassian neighbours. According to the author, in summer a fire was lit in these nests to keep the mosquitoes away.

Map of Tinos island with Exombourgo.

View of ancient Corinth and Acrocorinth.

Map of Malta with reference to the island's siege by the Ottomans in 1565.

Tower at Gavrio, Andros island.

The tower of Agios Petros on Andros island.

The tower of Agios Petros on Andros island, seen from the distance.

The tower of Agios Petros, Andros.

Tower of the 4th century AD, in the court of Agia Marina monastery (also known as Agia Marina tower), Kea island.

Frangopoulou-Delarocca Tower at Chalki, Naxos.

The tower of Goulas at Emborio, Santorini.

Outline of fortification wall at Buthrotum, Albania.

1. Monumental building at Syracuse. 2. Stairway carved into lava stone from Mount Etna near Catania, Sicily.

Tower of aga Ibrim Alidakis at the village of Embrosnero, Chania province.

Reconstruction of square tower at the walls of ancient Messene: Side elevation, section, ceiling plan and floor plan. Architectural features.

Reconstruction of square tower at the walls of ancient Messene: Section and plan.

View and plan of the horseshoe-shaped tower at the northwestern wall of ancient Messene (Tower 6).

1. Plan of part of the walls of ancient Mantineia: Gate and fortification towers. 2. Ruins of circular fortification tower. 3. Ruins of square fortification tower. 4,5,6. Section, plan and detail of the seats at the ancient theatre of Mantineia.