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- ISBN 9781912690251
- Dimensions: 240 x 265mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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, joined
by a causeway to the Greek mainland. Inhabitants are further isolated behind the fortified
walls, with only one gateway into the Castro. From the 6th century AD it has played a significant
role in Byzantine and Mediterranean history. The unique environment determined how the
community evolved through periods of social change.
The photographic collection spans over a century, from 1890 until the present day, and alongside historic and contemporary quotations, provides a graphic description of Monemvasian society throughout its recent history. It is an illustration of how a community, living in unique, physical and historical surroundings, may flourish and recreate within itself a strong bond 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 move through the public spaces and activities into the private experiences of family life.
The photographic collection spans over a century, from 1890 until the present day, and alongside historic and contemporary quotations, provides a graphic description of Monemvasian society throughout its recent history. It is an illustration of how a community, living in unique, physical and historical surroundings, may flourish and recreate within itself a strong bond 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 move through the public spaces and activities into the private experiences of family life.
Ann Eldridge has completed academic research in the Classics, specialising in the understanding of Ancient Greece’s revival during the nineteenth-century, with specific reference to revival of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. She has owned a house in Monemvasia in the southern Peloponnese for many years and founded the Monemvasia Photographic Society in 2005. Ann Eldridge is a chartered surveyor specialising in urban planning.
