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Lakki (Gr****: Λακκί), also
known by its
former name
Portolago (Πόρτο Λάγο), is a
community on the Gr****
island of Leros, in the Dodecanese, at the head...
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eastern Aegean Sea. In the 1930s a new
model town and
major naval base,
Portolago, was
built by the
Italian authorities. It is one of the best examples...
- army and
lived at its
facilities in the new Italian-built
model town of
Portolago (modern Lakki).
Mussolini wanted to
transform the
islands into showcases...
- by
Benito Mussolini along with
Rodolfo Petracco to
design the city of
Portolago in Leros. The city's
planning and
architecture was
inspired by modernism...
- of its
military stationed on the
island of Leros; its
initial name was
Portolago Nea Alikarn****os:
founded in 1925 to
house Gr****
refugees from Halicarn****os...
- architecture. His most
ambitious work was the
foundation of the city of
Portolago in Leros,
designed from
scratch together with Bernabiti.
Described as...
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During Italian rule, Leros, with its
excellent deep-water port of
Lakki (
Portolago), was
transformed into a
heavily fortified aeronautical and
naval base...
- base. The
island of Leros, with its
excellent deep-water port of
Lakki (
Portolago), was
transformed into a
heavily fortified aeronautical base, "the Corregidor...
- from the
example of the
Leros town of
Lakki (founded by the
Italians as
Portolago),
which remains an
example of
Italian Rationalism. From 1923 to 1936,...
- Italy,
typical of
which some fascist-era
cities of
foundation such as
Portolago (on the Gr****
island of Leros) or Sabaudia. This, however,
seems more...
