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Piraeus: Center of Shipping and Culture by G. Steinhauer, et al - 2012

by G. Steinhauer, et al

 Piraeus: Center of Shipping and Culture by G. Steinhauer, et al - 2012

Piraeus: Center of Shipping and Culture

by G. Steinhauer, et al

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  • Hardcover

Bilingual (Greek-English) edition. Hardcover, 25X30 cm, 332 pp., ill.

Can the history of a city such as Piraeus fit into the pages of a book? Of course not. The history of a city and its inhabitants is documented through the vestiges of a course which goes way back in time; the historian, the researcher, the archaeologist, they all have the task to record and to shed light on these basic parameters. This book aspires to meet both aforementioned goals, focusing on the basic sectors of Culture and Shipping. Today Piraeus is changing, by re-evaluating its goals and its course. The main aim is to recapture its grandeur on all fronts and to give the "Children of Piraeus" a feeling of pride, for belonging in a big family that hails from the depths of time and has an equally interminable future in front of it. Reading the pages of this book, you will be following Piraeus' journey through time. A magical journey, with changes and transitions, which provides the reader with information and gives them the opportunity to learn. And all of us have the chance to proudly proclaim that we are Piraeots who can stand strong, succeed and all together build a future worthy of our history.

CONTENTS:

ANCIENT PIRAEUS, THE CITY OF THEMISTOCLES AND HIPPODAMUS: A. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION: 1. PRE-HISTORY 2. THEMISTOCLES' CREATION 3. PIRAEUS IN ITS PRIME 4. THE POPULATION OF PIRAEUS IN THE CLASSICAL AGE 5. THE ADMINISTRATIVE INDEPENDENCE OF PIRAEUS 6. THE POSITION OF PIRAEUS IN THE HISTORY OF ATHENS 7. THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD 8. THE ROMAN PERIOD // B. THE ANTIQUITIES OF PIRAEUS: 1. THE DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT PIRAEUS 2. THE CITY OF THEMISTOCLES 3. THE GATES AND WALLS OF ANCIENT PIRAEUS 4. THE CITY GATES AND THE NORTH WALL 5. THE FORTIFICATION AND THE EETIONEIA GATE 6. THE COAST WALL 7. THE LONG WALLS 8. THE TWO FUNCTIONAL AXES OF THE CITY 9. THE DOCKYARD: The dockyard installations - The Shipsheds - The Arsenal of Philo - The Hippodameian Agora - Resting sites 10. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DOCKYARD 11. MOBILISATION 12. THE EMPORION - The Organisation of the Emporion 13. THE CITY OF HIPPODAMUS 14. THE PIRAEUS HOUSE 15. WATER SUPPLY 16. QUARRIES 17. CEMETERIES 18. RELIGIOUS LIFE AND THE SANCTUARIES OF PIRAEUS // C. THE GROWTH OF URBAN PIRAEUS 1834-1922 // D. THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF SPACE AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF PRIVATE BUILDINGS: 1. THE SITUATION UP TO 1834 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY 3. THE CITY UP TO 1850 4. THE CITY BETWEEN 1850-1870 5. THE CITY UP TO THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY 6. THE CITY UP TO 1922 // E. PIRAEUS IN MORE RECENT TIMES: 1. THE EARLY YEARS PAGE 2. PIRAEUS IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD: Refugees - Other settlements - Human geography of the port: Sounds, images and smells - Engineering works - Culture 3. THE OCCUPATION 4. POST-WAR PIRAEUS 5. PIRAEUS TODAY // BIBLIOGRAPHY // ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK AT THE GATES OF CLASSICAL PIRAEUS AND MUSEUM OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF ANCIENT FORTIFICATIONS.



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  • Bookseller DEMETRIUS SIATRAS GR (GR)
  • Book Condition New Brand new
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • ISBN 10 9604643428
  • ISBN 13 9789604643424
  • Publisher Aegeis
  • Place of Publication Piraeus
  • Date Published 2012
  • Keywords history of Piraeus, archaeology of Piraeus