Tripolis. Until the Greek War of Independence Tripolis was the most important administrative, military and economic centre of the Peloponnese. The decline of Tripolis and other regional political centres during the 19th century was associated with the predominance of the centralized apparatus of the modern state.
Lithograph of St. Aulaire.
S., Markezinis, Politiki Istoria tis Neoteras Ellados 1828-1964: I Anagennisis tis Ellados 1828-1862, vol. 1, Papyros Publications, Athens 1967, p. 274.
© S., Markezinis.