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Wall of Haseki
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[[File:Louis François Sébastien Fauvel-athens-before1800.jpg|thumb|250px|Map of late Ottoman Athens, with the Wall of Haseki]]
The so-called '''Wall of Haseki''' () was a [[city wall]] built around [[Athens]] by its [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] governor, [[Hadji Ali Haseki]], in 1778. Initially intended to protect the city from attacks by [[Turco-Albanian]] warbands, it became an instrument of Haseki's tyrannical rule over the city.
==History==
[[Turco-Albanian]]s had been brought in by the [[Sublime Porte|Porte]] to suppress the [[Orlov Revolt]] in the [[Morea]] in 1770, and remained a menace to southern Greece. for many years thereafter. In In 1778, such a warband arrived in [[Attica]], and sent emissaries to the Athenians, threatening to burn the city unless they received provisions and an official document hiring them as guards of the city. The Ottoman governor, [[Hadji Ali Haseki]], and the Athenian populace, both Christian and Muslim, resolved to meet the Albanians in the field, as the city was unprotected by wall. In a battle that took place near [[Halandri]], the Athenians defeated the Albanians. To secure the city against another attack, Haseki immediately began construction of a new [[city wall]]. Work had not progressed far when a second and far larger force of 6,000 Albanians approached, under a certain Maksut, on their way to the Morea. The Turks then abandoned the city and found refuge in the [[Acropolis of Athens]], while Haseki allowed the Greeks to move to [[Salamis Island]] for safety. There they remained for 13 days, until the Albanians departed, after receiving a substantial sum as a bribe. Construction on the wall resumed with increased vigour: Haseki not only enlisted the entire population of the city without distinction, but himself participated in the work, so that the 10 km long wall was completed in 108 days, or, according to other reports, in only 70 days. Many ancient and medieval monuments were demolished and reused as building material in the process. Haseki then promptly presented the Athenians with a bill for 42,500 piastres, ostensibly for the supervisors he had brought from outside. Not only that, but he placed guards at the gates, so that the wall served to virtually imprison the population in their own city.
==Description==
The hastiness of the construction, however, resulted in a wall only about high and less than thick, rather than a proper fortification. The course of the wall was as follows: from the [[Odeon of Herodes Atticus]] at the foot of the Acropolis, it went to the [[Theatre of Dionysus]], and thence to the [[Arch of Hadrian (Athens)|Arch of Hadrian]], whose lower portion was walled up. From there it followed the course of the modern [[Vasilissis Amalias Avenue]] to [[Syntagma Square]], thence down [[Stadiou Street]] to the original headquarters of the [[National Bank of Greece]]. From there it turned west to [[Koumoundourou Square]], passed in front of the [[Theseion]], over the [[Areopagus]], and arrived again at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. The wall had six gates: the "Albanian Gate"; the "Inland Gate" or "Boubounistra" (Μπουμπουνίστρα) in what is now Syntagma Square; the "Gate of the Holy Apostles" (Πύλη Αγίων Αποστόλων) near the [[Byzantine Greece|Byzantine-era]] [[Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens|Church of the Holy Apostles]]; the "Gate of [[Menidi]]" in modern [[Aiolou Street]]; the "Gate of the Gypsies" in the area of the [[Kerameikos]]; the "Madravili Gate" between the Theseion and the [[Pnyx]] hill; and the "Castle Gate" (Πύλη του Κάστρου) or "Karababa" (Καράμπαμπα) in front of the Acropolis, and facing the Muslim cemetery outside the wall.
==References==
== Sources ==
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[[Category:City walls in Greece]]
[[Category:Ottoman Athens]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1778]]
[[Category:Ottoman fortifications in Greece]]
[[Category:1770s in the Ottoman Empire]]
The so-called '''Wall of Haseki''' () was a [[city wall]] built around [[Athens]] by its [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] governor, [[Hadji Ali Haseki]], in 1778. Initially intended to protect the city from attacks by [[Turco-Albanian]] warbands, it became an instrument of Haseki's tyrannical rule over the city.
==History==
[[Turco-Albanian]]s had been brought in by the [[Sublime Porte|Porte]] to suppress the [[Orlov Revolt]] in the [[Morea]] in 1770, and remained a menace to southern Greece. for many years thereafter. In In 1778, such a warband arrived in [[Attica]], and sent emissaries to the Athenians, threatening to burn the city unless they received provisions and an official document hiring them as guards of the city. The Ottoman governor, [[Hadji Ali Haseki]], and the Athenian populace, both Christian and Muslim, resolved to meet the Albanians in the field, as the city was unprotected by wall. In a battle that took place near [[Halandri]], the Athenians defeated the Albanians. To secure the city against another attack, Haseki immediately began construction of a new [[city wall]]. Work had not progressed far when a second and far larger force of 6,000 Albanians approached, under a certain Maksut, on their way to the Morea. The Turks then abandoned the city and found refuge in the [[Acropolis of Athens]], while Haseki allowed the Greeks to move to [[Salamis Island]] for safety. There they remained for 13 days, until the Albanians departed, after receiving a substantial sum as a bribe. Construction on the wall resumed with increased vigour: Haseki not only enlisted the entire population of the city without distinction, but himself participated in the work, so that the 10 km long wall was completed in 108 days, or, according to other reports, in only 70 days. Many ancient and medieval monuments were demolished and reused as building material in the process. Haseki then promptly presented the Athenians with a bill for 42,500 piastres, ostensibly for the supervisors he had brought from outside. Not only that, but he placed guards at the gates, so that the wall served to virtually imprison the population in their own city.
==Description==
The hastiness of the construction, however, resulted in a wall only about high and less than thick, rather than a proper fortification. The course of the wall was as follows: from the [[Odeon of Herodes Atticus]] at the foot of the Acropolis, it went to the [[Theatre of Dionysus]], and thence to the [[Arch of Hadrian (Athens)|Arch of Hadrian]], whose lower portion was walled up. From there it followed the course of the modern [[Vasilissis Amalias Avenue]] to [[Syntagma Square]], thence down [[Stadiou Street]] to the original headquarters of the [[National Bank of Greece]]. From there it turned west to [[Koumoundourou Square]], passed in front of the [[Theseion]], over the [[Areopagus]], and arrived again at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus. The wall had six gates: the "Albanian Gate"; the "Inland Gate" or "Boubounistra" (Μπουμπουνίστρα) in what is now Syntagma Square; the "Gate of the Holy Apostles" (Πύλη Αγίων Αποστόλων) near the [[Byzantine Greece|Byzantine-era]] [[Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens|Church of the Holy Apostles]]; the "Gate of [[Menidi]]" in modern [[Aiolou Street]]; the "Gate of the Gypsies" in the area of the [[Kerameikos]]; the "Madravili Gate" between the Theseion and the [[Pnyx]] hill; and the "Castle Gate" (Πύλη του Κάστρου) or "Karababa" (Καράμπαμπα) in front of the Acropolis, and facing the Muslim cemetery outside the wall.
==References==
== Sources ==
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[[Category:City walls in Greece]]
[[Category:Ottoman Athens]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1778]]
[[Category:Ottoman fortifications in Greece]]
[[Category:1770s in the Ottoman Empire]]
May 04, 2018 at 05:00AM
