In 1568, the semicircular bastion of Santa Lucia was also built, a part of which is preserved on Minoos Street. The bastion of Santa Lucia is located in the southeast corner of the Venetian fortifications. The section of Cortina east of Piatta Forma ends in this heart-shaped rampart, which took its name from the Orthodox church of Agia Fotini (Lucia), which was located on today’s Minoos Street.
This part of the fortifications was buried in the 1930s under Nikiforo Fokas Street, or on the large plot of land between Eleftheriou Venizelos, Cyprus and Nikiforo Fokas Streets. The bastion covered the eastern part of the southern side and the southern part of the eastern side of the fortifications, corresponding to the Piatta Forma and Sabbionara bastions respectively.
A section of the eastern side of the rampart remained visible until recently. After the intervention of the Archaeological Service, the unveiling of the bastion began, in order to proceed with its identification.
