Nafplio castle

Acronafplia: The Complete Guide to Nafplio’s Oldest Fortress

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The view over the Argolic Gulf from Acronafplia in Nafplio

Acronafplia is the oldest of Nafplio’s three castles, a long fortified ridge rising directly above the old town between Palamidi and the sea. Occupied since the Bronze Age and rebuilt by Greeks, Franks, Venetians and Ottomans, its walls carry the marks of every people who held the town. Lower and older than the great fortress … Read more

Palamidi Fortress, Nafplio: The Complete Visitor Guide

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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