AIA Fieldwork Photo Contest 2021

Entry 41242

Submitted by Betsy Haas

Mani village, Peleponnese

Vathia, Mani, Greece

Category: Archaeological Landscapes

Ruined tower in Mani village The Mani peninsula is mountainous and was historically reached only by sea. Inhabitants there built ever taller tower houses in the 18th and 19th centuries CE. Many of these mountain villages and their towers are now abandoned.

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