The castle now seen was probably built by the Turks in 1684 in order to protect Chalkis from the Venetians. It was designed by the Venetian Gerolimo Galopo and ...
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Address: Νικηταρά, Xirovrisi 341 00, Greece
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Chalcis or Negroponte became a Latin Church diocese, see below. A large hoard of late medieval jewellery dating from Venetian times was found in Chalcis Castle ...
It is believed by the people of Egripo, that the small castle on the rock in the Euripus did not exist in the time of the Venetians, but was built by the Turks ...
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Posted: Feb 22, 2016
Posted: Feb 22, 2016
This rock is at present occupied by a square castle; a stone bridge, 60 or 70 feet in length, connects the Boeotian shore with this castle; and another wooden ...
In 1210 Chalcis was seized by the Venetians, who fortified it with walls and made it the capital of their kingdom of Negroponte. With considerable expense of ...
The Venetian fortress of Chalcis, on the Greek island of Euboea, was captured and destroyed by the Turks in 1470. In 1840, a large cache of discarded armour ...
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History. The Castle is located on the hill of St. Nicholas over the old village of Halki. It was built by the Knights of St. John in the 15th century over ...
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With a most interesting small museum inside, depicting architectural elements of Chalkida from antiquity up to the Byzantine, Venetian, Ottoman periods.
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CHALCIS (Euboea, Negropont), port on the Greek island of Euboea. Josephus mentions the Jewish settlement at Euboea in his Antiquities (14:2).
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