Attikis Odoi

Archaioi Dromoi tis Attikis

By (author) Manolis Korres

Book cover: Attikis Odoi

Extent: 250 pages

Publisher: Melissa Publishing House

Subjects: Earth & Life Sciences , Mediterranean Archaeology

Language: Greek (Modern)

Hardback (Published)

(December 2009)

ISBN: 9789602042946

Price: $100.00

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This publication focuses on the historical topography of Attica and in particular its ancient roads. This work contains fourteen articles by authors, whose research covers the largest and most important of the ancient roads of Attica. Texts, drawings and photographs make up a handy section and provide the reader, apart from scientific evidence, with a vivid picture of the road network in the natural and historical context, which largely combined with that of ancient residential setting. Issues such as the natural partition of Attica, the types of soils, economic activities, land public transport, shipping and means to control access or the strategic value of natural features are examined and discussed to the extent that they once influenced the road network, the axes of remain largely unchanged.

Professor Manolis Korres, Dr Architect-Engineer of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Dr.Ph. h.c. FU Berlin, responsible for the restoration works on the Parthenon from 1983 until 1999, teaches History of Architecture at the NTUA since 1999 and is a member of the Central Archaeological Council, as well as of various scientific committees of the Ministry of Culture which oversee the protection and conservation of monuments and sites, including the Acropolis. In his special field he studied under Charalambos Bouras and Gottfried Gruben. He has studied numerous historic monuments and subjects, and has published relevant articles and books. He has been awarded the bronze medal by the Academy of Athens, the silver medal by the Academie d’Architecture (Paris), the Premium Alexander von Humboldt and the gold medal by the Academy of Rome (Premio Internationale Feltrinelli 2013).

  • By (author) Manolis Korres