It is a small fortified island at the entrance to the bay of Nafplio. It was fortified for the first time during the period of the 1st Venetian rule (1389-1540) by the Venetian Seer Pasqualigo, who commissioned the work to the architect Antonio Gambello. The change in the form of the castle in
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Akronafplia, the oldest castle of Nafplion, is built on the site occupied by a pre-Venetian city. In the old days it was used as an internal fortress (Its-Kale). Later the buildings became hospitals, then prisons, while today there is a hotel complex in this place. The rocky peninsula of Akronaflia
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(tel. 27520 28036) It is built on a high hill to the east of Akronaflia at a height of 216m. For the first time, Palamidi was fortified by the Venetians during the Second Venetian Occupation (1686-1715) with a perfect system of synchronized fortification. Palamidi is a typical baroque fortress,
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