Qualla: Nafplio https://qualla.com/nafplio en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:40:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/nafplio-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Nafplio https://qualla.com/nafplio Nafplio: Introduction https://qualla.com/nafplio/ Photo credit Uploadermarks, CC BY-SA 4.0. Ioannis Kapodistrias chose Nafplio as the capital of newly independent Greece in 1829, and the choice was obvious. The city had everything: a protected harbor, walls built by the Venetians over centuries, a rock crowned by a fortress so formidable it had never been taken by storm, and a history long enough to include Mycenaeans, Byzantines, Crusaders, and Ottomans. His mansion — the Palataki, the 'Little Palace' — stood on the square in front of what is now the town hall. In 1833, the capital moved to Athens. Nafplio kept the elegance.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/nafplio-wk/sw8j-nafplio-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Nafplio: A City on a Peninsula https://qualla.com/nafplio/ Photo credit C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0. Nafplio occupies a rocky peninsula that juts north into the Argolic Gulf, its old town packed onto the narrow promontory in a dense grid of paved lanes. The sea is everywhere — visible at the end of nearly every street, glimpsed between the ochre and terracotta facades of neoclas...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/nafplio-wk/sw8j-nafplio-a-city-on-a-peninsula.mp3 0:06 2 full Nafplio: Palamidi and the Island Castle https://qualla.com/nafplio/ Photo credit NikosLikomitros, CC0. Two fortifications define Nafplio's skyline in ways no visitor can ignore. Palamidi — built by the Venetians between 1711 and 1714 — crowns the 216-meter hill behind the old town in a complex of eight interconnected bastions. The climb by the main staircase takes some effort: the...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/nafplio-wk/sw8j-nafplio-palamidi-and-the-island-castle.mp3 0:06 3 full Nafplio: First Capital, Lasting Character https://qualla.com/nafplio/ Photo credit C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0. The years when Nafplio served as Greece's capital, from 1829 to 1833, left a permanent mark on its character. The first Greek gymnasium under the new state opened here in 1833. Neoclassical mansions built for the government and its officials line the streets — the Alevras-Lambiri...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/nafplio-wk/sw8j-nafplio-first-capital-lasting-character.mp3 0:06 4 full Nafplio: The Life of the Old Town https://qualla.com/nafplio/ Photo credit 2007-05-10_Navplion,_Greece_4.jpg: Hansueli Krapf derivative work: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0. Nafplio works best on foot and without a plan. The neighborhood of Psaromachalas — 'the fishermonger's quarter' — spreads under the cliff of Akronauplia in a tangle of narrow lanes, white houses with flower-filled courtyards, and stairways where cats hold court. It has the feel o...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/j/nafplio-wk/sw8j-nafplio-the-life-of-the-old-town.mp3 0:06 5 full Nafplio: Gateway to the Argolid https://qualla.com/nafplio/ Photo credit Fingalo, CC BY-SA 2.0 de. Nafplio's other function — which it has performed for as long as there have been roads in the Peloponnese — is as a base for reaching the ancient sites that surround it. Tiryns is 4 kilometers north, its Cyclopean walls visible from the road. Mycenae is 20 kilometers beyond that....

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