Another similar case when territories are defined by the name of a man can only be in the case of America. But it also happens with our national hero Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg on this map of 1455, dedicated to Pope Nicholas V, in which the Balkan territory faces the Scandrebeco landmark.
"The discovery of this map has been one of the luckiest things that happened to me in my life. It is a toponym in the heart of the southern Balkans where in the center of this space between the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea lies the Scandrebeco landmark," says Artan Shkreli , architect, researcher of Cartography of the Middle Ages.
It is an extraordinary case where the name of a territory is identified by the name of a figure that is identified with his people and the metropolitan fears of Europe of that time.
"The map was made in 455 by Bartolomeo Pareto, a cartographer who supplied the Vatican with geographic maps. It was a close man of Pope Nicholas V," said Artan Shkreli, architect, researcher of the medieval cartography.
We're dealing with two geniuses.
"This is the intention that Genoa has presented so much on the map in relation to other cities, because it attaches importance to this fact.Genova in SHEH XV was certainly one of Europe's most important cities because it was a Republic like Venice. They were maritime republics that controlled the Mediterranean roads, "explains Artan Shkreli, architect, researcher of the medieval cartography
But why is the discovery of this map important at this time?
"Skanderbeg appears as a European legend here, as he has been an important European saint, and this map overshadowed the attempts to say that Skanderbeg became a myth after his death, all the emphasis on this figure after death was much smaller than what he represented in his life.
Comments