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The Metaxas Line was a chain of fortifications constructed along the line of the Greco-Bulgarian border, designed to protect Greece in case of a Bulgarian invasion after the rearmament of Bulgaria. It was named after Ioannis Metaxas, then Prime Minister of Greece, and chiefly consists of tunnels that led to observatories, emplacements and machine-gun nests. The constructions are so sturdy that they survive to this day, some of which are still in active service. Some of them are open to the public. The Metaxas Line consists of 21 independent fortification complexes, the largest of which is Fort Roupel as it covers 6.1 out of the 155 km of the full line and had been constructed at a height of 322 m. Illumination was initially mostly provided by oil-lamps, although generators were also installed. (Currently, the fortifications are supplied with public electricity, but they are also equipped with generators). Ventilation was achieved both naturally and artificially. Water was supplied via water-mains. The fortification works lasted four years and their cost at the time reached 100,400,000 drachmas. ==List of Fortification Complexes== The following 21 forts make up the Metaxas Line, ordered from West to East along the Greco-Bulgarian border. # Popotlivitsa (Ποποτλίβιτσα) # Istibey (Ιστίμπεη) # Kelkagia (Κελκαγιά) # Arpalouki (Αρπαλούκι) # Paliouriones (Παληουριώνες) # Roupel (Ρούπελ) # Karatas (Καρατάς) # Kali (Κάλη) # Persek (Περσέκ) # Babazora (Μπαμπαζώρα) # Maliaga(Μαλιάγκα) # Perithori(Περιθώρι) # Partalouska (Παρταλούσκα) # Ntasavli (Ντάσαβλη) # Lisse (Λίσσε) # Pyramidoeides (Πυραμιδοειδές) # Kastilo (Καστίλο) # Agios Nikolaos (Αγιος Νικόλαος) # Bartiseva (Μπαρτίσεβα) # Echinos (Εχίνος) # Nymfaia (Νυμφαία) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metaxas Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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