Talk:Porto Palermo Castle
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About the fragment: " In 1921 the castle was called Venetian.[6][need quotation to verify] At that time the identity of its builders ought to have been clear, from a plaque above the entrance gate.[citation needed] This plaque is now missing but the weathering of the stones clearly shows that it has not been missing for many decades. Almost certainly this plaque had a carving of the lion of St. Mark. "
Apparently this is just speculation? I do not know what publication holds the information above, but there is a documentary film about Porto Palermo shot by Xhemal Mato in the seventies. In it, the plaque still exists and it holds an inscription that reads more or less "you who travel the seas can find safe harbor under this castle, built by the hands of the women in Himara". No lion, just the text. I would be, by the way, grateful if someone found this film.
This and other information lead me to think that perhaps the castle IS NOT Venetian and WAS build by Ali Pasha in the 19th century, on a plan inspired by the structure in Butrint.
See also: https://theodora.com/encyclopedia/a/ali_pasha.html for this fragment: <<Sir Richard Church [...] wrote, " [Ali Pasha] is now busy building forts along his coast and strengthening his castles in the interior. In January 1814 he had 14,000 peasants at work on the castle of Argiro Castro, and about 1500 erecting a fort at Porto Palermo, nearly opposite Corfu." In 1810 he had erected a fort directly opposite Santa Maura commanding the harbour.>>
So, 1500 locals worked to build this structure 1814. If another structure was preceding it, this needs to be verified by quotation before it makes it into Wikipedia.
I suggest deleting the speculation about the Venetian origin of the castle, until there is a reliable source for it. Of course the similarity with the structure in Butrint is striking, of course it's hard to believe that Ali was the first builder in this natural port but what are the sources? Any oppinions or quotations that can help? BogdanAchimescu (talk) 12:36, 24 August 2017 (UTC)