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THE HELLENISTIC TOPOGRAPHY OF NEA KRANE, KEPHALLONIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2021

Gian Piero C.G. Milani
Gian Piero C.G. Milani*
Affiliation:
Merton College, University of Oxford
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milani.gianpiero@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper approaches the Hellenistic topography of the polis of Krane (Kephallonia), for the first time incorporating data from aerial imagery from the Allied aerial photographs of the British School at Athens, predating the earthquakes of 1953 and subsequent afforestation. The study presents a synthesis of the traces relating to the incomplete orthogonal development of the city, named by Klavs Randsborg ‘Nea Krane’. The reconstructed area of the planned city is almost doubled, rising from 19.8 ha to 36.96 ha, and thus shedding new light on the scale of a majestic project which now counts 90 blocks, with a ratio of 1:3. The incomplete development is read in the framework of the settlement history of the polis of Krane, and of the development of urbanism in the region, to ascertain if the project could be ascribed to a failed synoecism or an external imposition.

Η τοπογραφία κατά την ελληνιστική περίοδο της Νέας Κράνης Κεφαλονιάς

Αυτή η εργασία προσεγγίζει την τοπογραφία της αρχαίας πόλης Κράνη (Κεφαλονιά) κατά την Ελληνιστική περίοδο, ενσωματώνοντας για πρώτη φορά δεδομένα από τις συμμαχικές αεροφωτογραφίες της Βρετανικής Σχολής Αθηνών, πριν από τους σεισμούς του 1953 και την αναδάσωση που ακολούθησε. Η μελέτη παρουσιάζει μια σύνθεση των ιχνών που σχετίζονται με την ορθογώνια ανάπτυξη της πόλης, η οποία δεν ολοκληρώθηκε ποτέ και ονομάστηκε από τον Klavs Randsborg «Nea Krane (Νέα Κράνη)». Η έκταση της πόλης που προγραμματίζοταν να υλοποιηθεί είναι σχεδόν διπλάσια, αυξανόμενη από 19,8 σε 36,96 εκτάρια, ρίχνοντας φως στην κλίμακα ενός μεγαλοπρεπούς σχεδίου που μετρά τώρα 90 τετράγωνα, με αναλογία 1:3. Η επέκταση που δεν υλοποιήθηκε ερμηνεύεται στο πλαίσιο της ιστορίας του οικισμού των πόλεων του Κρανίου και της ανάπτυξης του άστεως στην περιοχή, για να επιβεβαιώσει εάν το έργο αυτό μπορεί να αποδοθεί σε έναν αποτυχημένο συνοικισμό ή μια εξωτερική επιβολή.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 116 , December 2021 , pp. 179 - 194
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens, 2021

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