Palamidi Fortress, Nafplio: The Complete Visitor Guide

The Venetian fortress of Palamidi on its hill above Nafplio, seen from the Argolic Gulf

Palamidi is the great fortress that crowns Nafplio, one of the finest Venetian strongholds anywhere in Greece. Built in just three years in the early eighteenth century on a rock some 200 metres above the town, it is not a single castle but a chain of eight self-contained bastions linked across the hilltop, reached by … Read more