Revolution and liberation · The Revolution of 1821 · Travellers · Water and mills
A German volunteer describes fortified Myli
1822–1826 Proven
The philhellene Gottfried Müller from Bremen wrote that Myli had several long houses along the sea and a former Turkish garden with a high wall, which the Greeks had turned into a stronghold. The spring drove a mill with six pairs of stones right by the sea, and the climate there was unhealthy because of fever. His book of 1827 includes a map of the plain of Argos and Myli drawn in 1826.
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- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- G. Müller, Fragen über mehrere für das höhere Alterthum wichtige Verhältnisse im heutigen Griechenland, Berlin 1827, pp. 38, 44, 74–83, with map by F. Kruse (1826), BSB H.gr. 803 Open (opens in a new tab)
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