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1687 Parthenon
seriously damaged
during Venetian
artillery attack on
Turkish magazine
THE HISTORY OF GREECE 39
The Knights of St John defied
the Turks until 1522.
1715 Turks
reconquer the
Peloponnese
Shipping
Greek merchants
traded throughout
the Ottoman Empire.
By 1800 there were
merchant colonies
in Constantinople
and as far afield as
London and Odessa.
This 19th-century
embroidery shows the
Turkish influence on
Greek decorative arts.
The massive
fortifications
eventually
succumbed to
Turkish artillery.
The Knights
supported
Turkish rebel,
Prince Cem.
Ali Pasha
(1741–1822), a
governor of the
Ottoman Empire
1778 Ali Pasha becomes Vizier of
Ioánnina and establishes powerful state
in Albania and northern Greece
WHERE TO SEE
VENETIAN AND
OTTOMAN
ARCHITECTURE
Náfplio (pp182–3) contains
many examples of the
Venetian presence, especially
the Naval Warehouse (now
a museum) and the Palamídi
fortress (p183). Following a
pattern familiar throughout
the Balkan states, enormous
efforts were made after
Independence to remove
or disguise all Ottoman
buildings. However, in
Athens there are small but
well-preserved Ottoman
quarters in the Pláka district,
and the Tzistarákis Mosque
(now the Ceramics Museum,
p86) is also Ottoman. The
White Tower in Thessaloníki
(p244) was built by the
Turks in the 15th century. In
Kavála (p255), there is an
aqueduct built in the reign
of Suleiman the Magnificent,
and in Ioánnina (p210) the
Aslan Pasha Mosque.
Dinner at a Greek House in 1801
Nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule
profoundly affected Greek culture, ethnic
composition and patterns of everyday life.
Greek cuisine incorporates Turkish dishes still
found thoughout the old Ottoman Empire.
1814 Britain
gains possession
of Ionian Islands
1650 1700 1750 1800
1684 Venetians
reconquer the
Peloponnese
Parthenon
blown up
1801 Frieze
on Parthenon
removed by
Lord Elgin
1814 Foundation of Filikí Etaireía,
Greek liberation movement