Revolution and liberation · Harbour and pier · Village life
Work begins on the road from Tripoli to Myloi
1831 Probable
Under Kapodistrias work began on a road from Tripoli over the mountains down to Myloi, the nearest landing place for Arcadia. It took almost thirty years to finish.
Note: The digitised text reads '1531', an obvious scanning error for 1831.
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- Harbour and pier, Village life
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Sources
- Ἀρκαδία (Tripoli), 31-10-1859 («ἀρξάμενον τὸ 1831 … ἐπεραιώθη τὸ 1859»), Hellenic Parliament Library, digital newspaper collection
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