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| Nafplio is a city or Associate of Peloponnisou.Nafplion was the first capital
of modern Greece, capital of Argolis and the main port of the eastern
Peloponnese. According to the census of 2001 had 13,822 inhabitants. It is one
of the most picturesque cities in the country, and was the capital of Greece in
the years 1828-1833. It is known for Bourtzi small fort built on an island in the harbor, the Palamidi, Venetian fortress dominates the town and the place of the murder of John Capodistrias.
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Bourtzi or «Kasteli» by the Venetians, or
«thalassopyrgos» War in 1821, is a small island in front of the port of
Nafplion, directly across from the emplacement of epaktio «five - brothers»,
fully covered by the old Venetian Fortress payable and the name Fort tis.To this
anagerthike by the Venetians after the departure of Mahmoud Pasha in 1473,
providing it with modern firearms. The 1502 change Venetians fortifications in
the south-west side of Acronafplia in a separate bastion ramparts ( «Five
brothers»), have introduced it with an artificial arm from which the boulders
and passes chain Bourtzi stood up to protect the port and city. Hence the name
«Port of chain».
 The fort is in Palamidi Náfplion which was built in
1687 by the Venetians, after the conquest of the hill on which, after a fierce
battle with the Ottomans in the War Venetotourkiko. The hill on which is a
height of 216 meters and the ascent to be made either through Palamidi amaxitis
road or via a staircase with 999 steps. In 1715, during the last War
Venetotourkikou the conquered Ottomans after the blew part of the During the
Greek Revolution of 1821, the Turks fortified the Palamidi but on 30 November
1822 the Greeks occupied after the battle in which the Staikos Staikopoulou the
Moschonisiotis and 300 men. After the Revolution, the Palamidi served as a
prison, where he was detained in 1833 by Theodoros Kolokotronis prison and 11
months later, after example of King Otto.
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