Historic cities of Greece / Nafplion:
The castle Palamedi (1687), the Burgi fortress (1472), and the Nafplion Archaeological Museum in the old barracks of the Venetian guard (1712).
Nafplio (Modern Greek: Ναύπλιο, Nafplio) is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf.
The town was an important seaport held under a succession of royal houses in the Middle Ages as part of the lordship of Argos and Nauplia, held initially by the de la Roche following the Fourth Crusade and then by Aragonese nobility, before coming under the Republic of Venice and, lastly, the Ottoman Empire. The town was the capital of the First Hellenic Republic, from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. It is also most famously known for the assassination of the first Governor of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias.
The city is surrounded by a number of important archaeological sites such as the mycenaean acropolis Tiryns, Midea, Dendra and Asine. However, the city's own most famous sites date from the 15th to the 18th century- despite the fact that Nafplion has been settled ever since the Bronze Age. The historical center of Nafplion is now under protection with strict building and renovation regulations to preserve the historical character of the city.
Nafplio is now the capital of the regional unit of Argolis.
(wikipedia)
