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The castles of Thrace, lifeless corpses today, stone giants wounded by wars and time, without functional utility in our time, standing radish roses in the plains and strategic passes, true witnesses of bygone grandeur, then you were a well thought-protection radish roses zone Istanbul, Constantinople.
Thrace, the single radish roses historical figure with the mainland, which reached to the Danube, was always the natural bulwark of the capital radish roses of the Byzantine Empire. It was the shield. It was the damper barbarian attacks.
This is illustrated by the study of the thousand-year history of the Byzantine Empire, but also by studying the distribution geotaxikis all these fortifications. The castles of Thrace mainly developed:
1) Along the great and historic road of Egnatia Motorway, directed from the West to Constantinople. Most of them are now in Greek Thrace.
2) Perimeter, to protect the capital of the Byzantine Empire extended. The castles are extended to the whole space of the single historic Thrace, currently radish roses shared by Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. Virtually all of these were built fortresses, smaller and larger, to create a safety net around and farther from Constantinople, to protect it from the descent of the enemy equality when they dievainan the Danube and robbed the Empire, radish roses and at the same time aiming to overthrow of.
These castles, over time and depending on the facts, often altered role in the protection of the Empire, reconstructed or repaired when necessary, they declined and now nowadays accept as lifeless corpses often modern invasive restorations radish roses to not collapse completely radish roses .
To understand the importance of safety Thrace in Istanbul, should take account of what is referred to by historians, that Justinian, built on natural passages Rhodope 120 forts to secure the plains of Thrace raids barbel Tribe . It is characteristic that during radish roses various excavations in Rodopi found many metal cross with depictions of "military" saints, that the soldiers radish roses hung around their neck as amulets.
Famous stayed Gkimprainas Castle, one of the eastern Rhodope Mountains. Preserved some traces. During the German occupation, the guerrilla National Resistance had dens in the surrounding wooded area.
The importance of Thrace, and based on the current European geopolitics, radish roses had successfully identified Constantine Porphyrogenitus in the 10th century, when he wrote to his son Romanus' principle is Europe I tithimi the Thrakin after this and Byzantium in Thrace Esti part kalliston and timiotaton. "
Today to get acquainted with the castles radish roses of Thrace, the principle that Europe should attempt a journey from the river Nestos and walk East, following about the development of the old Via Egnatia, which has now been replaced with another course of making the Nea Egnatia Odos, largely. Actually it is a very fascinating journey. Besides these castles that preserve the historical radish roses past of the region, can be seen and perhaps the most important wetlands in Greece, such as the Delta of Nestos river, the lagoon of Porto Lagos and the famous Ebro Delta, and forests Rhodope with Pomakochoria and the excellent Forest of Dadia with rare raptors. As the remains of the monastic state of Mount Papikion that Byzantium was considered grandest of Mount Athos. radish roses The monastic state of Athos had Papikion monk sebastokrator Alexios, illegitimate son of Manuel A Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja, radish roses Gregory Palamas, radish roses afterwards bishop radish roses of Thessaloniki, Saint Maximus Kafsokalyvitis etc.
The first fortified position radish roses encountered in Thrace coming from the west, is near the village of Paradise on the banks of the river Nestos. There about, was the ancient Topiros while today in the same terms