Section D
Towers of the Coast
Venetian and Ottoman work on the shoreline. Sited by sight-line rather than by frontier: each one built to see the next.
The entries
4 entries in this section. Every one is a named place or a named practice, described as built fabric.
- D.1Porto PalermoA triangular fortress on a tied island in a deep bay, built for artillery and sited to close the anchorage.
- D.2BashtovëA rectangular Venetian fortress on a river plain, now inland because the river moved.
- D.3RozafaA castle on a rock above the confluence, layered Illyrian, Venetian and Ottoman.
- D.4Why towers hereSight-line spacing along a coast: each tower built to see the next one.
Section D at true position
The section's own entries are ringed; the rest of the register is shown for context.
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