Bourtzi (Skiathos)

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Bourtzi ( Greek Μπούρτζι ( n. Sg. ), Via Turkish (burc) from Arabic برج, DMG burǧ , 'tower', 'fort', formerly also: Κάστρο του Άγιου Γεώργιου, fort of Saint George ) is the name of a peninsula in the port entrance of the Greek city ​​of Skiathos on the island of the same name. It separates the old and the new port. Bourtzi is considered the city's landmark .

history

The fortress ( Inselburg ) was built in 1204 after the fourth crusade in Venice and named after St. George . Even before the conquest of Constantinople (1453) , the city was the target of pirates . Most of the urban population withdrew to the Kástro, which was built in the 13th century and is located to the north. Chaireddin Barbarossa sacked the city in 1538. In 1660, during the reconquest under Francesco Morosini , the fortress was destroyed by the Venetians. After the liberation from the Turks as a result of the Greek Revolution (1830), the town's primary school was moved to the building on the peninsula. Today it is a cultural center. The circular route and the kafenio are popular tourist destinations. At the entrance to the peninsula, busts of the two famous Skiathites Alexandros Papadiamantis and Alexandros Moraitidis (1850–1929) are placed.

  • Bourtzi Peninsula

  • panorama

  • Remains of the fortress

literature

  • Dirk Schönrock: Northern Sporades . Michael Müller Verlag, Erlangen 2015. ISBN 978-3-89953-941-7
  • Ortwin Widmann: Skiathos. Hiking in the paradise of the Aegean . Everything about Skiathos. Skiathos 2015, p. 48.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schönrock, p. 80.

Coordinates: 39 ° 9 ′ 40.8 ″  N , 23 ° 29 ′ 28.2 ″  E