Qualla: Tower of Amfikleia https://qualla.com/tower-of-amfikleia en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Tower of Amfikleia https://qualla.com/tower-of-amfikleia Tower of Amfikleia: Introduction https://qualla.com/tower-of-amfikleia/ The builders of the Tower of Amfikleia did not quarry new stone. They took the ancient acropolis apart and used it. The dressed ashlar blocks of a Greek citadel became the foundation courses of a medieval watchtower, and today the structure stands eight meters high on the hill above Amfikleia — still using those recycled blocks for its lowest six courses, the ancient stone doing new work in a new century, exactly as it was set to do somewhere around the thirteenth or fourteenth century AD. It is a building made of a previous building, watching over a valley that has been watched over since antiquity.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/b/5/tower-of-amfikleia-wp/swb5-tower-of-amfikleia-a-strategic-crossroads.mp3 0:06 2 full Tower of Amfikleia: The Architecture of Reuse https://qualla.com/tower-of-amfikleia/ The tower measures 8.5 meters by 10.5 meters at its base — a substantial footprint for a single defensive structure. The builders used spolia, the architectural term for recycled stonework, extensively: ashlar blocks taken from the ancient acropolis form the first six courses of ...

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