Description
C.18th engraved view the Port of Chios on the North Aegean, Greece.
Chios was originally the site of an ancient settlement, the town was first built at the north side of a natural harbour. By the 16th century, the Byzantine walled town had been further fortified by the Genoese rulers into a massive medieval castle, the “Kastro”. The current town has expanded out from the Kastro, and the port in the last 200 years. After the devastating earthquake of 1881, the town was substantially rebuilt in neoclassical style. The view is from one of the most celebrated of all the published works on Greece which established the model for later publications of Voyages pittoresques.
From Choiseul-Gouffier, M. Voyage pittoresque de la Grece. Paris J.J. Blaise
