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Fortification Wall - Phoenice Archaeological Park
The urban area of Phoenice, has been surrounded by higher walls that follow the slopes of the hill with obvious ups and downs with straight angles and shaped curved strongholds, presenting an ellipse-shaped layout. Earliest phase of this fortification dates to the middle of the 4th century BC, when the urban area was limited on the east side of the hill. The blocks used in this first period are enormous. The second period dates to the middle of the 3rd century BC, when the urban area extended in the center and west side of the hill, built with smaller blocks than the first period. Polybius wrote saying 'Phoinike is the richest city, the most fortified, and the most powerful of all Epirus' is proved very well by the existing ruins of the fortification in Phoenice. This incredibly powerful fortification system, in combination with the strategic position of the hill, which covers a radius of 360° visibility all around the fertile valley, gave Phoinike the character of a great political service center of Kaonia, and further of all ancient Epirus.
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