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The modern Greek name of the town is Nafplio (Ναύπλιο). [3] In modern English, the most frequently used forms are Nauplia and Navplion. [4] The oldest reference to Nafplio appears to be in the so-called "Aegean List" from the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, dating to 14th century BCE, where it is recorded as npry (nw-py-r-y). [5]
[3] [4] [5] For some years it worked as the Nafplio Magistrate's Court as well as the town's metropolitan church. In 1893 it was renovated and turned into a conservatory and a theater, [ 5 ] and then in 1937 it was turned into the Trianon municipal cinema, by which name the former mosque is known to the residents of Nafplio today. [ 6 ]
With the aid of a map they had, they traced the treasure in question in the house of the Turkish agha, but he decided to keep the treasure for himself, and thus he slew the two men. Later he felt remorse for his actions and so, using the gold from the treasure, he built the mosque which has ever since been known as the Aga Pasha Mosque. [ 1 ]
The Acronauplia (Greek: Ακροναυπλία, romanized: Akronafplia, Turkish: Iç Kale, "Inner Castle") is the oldest part of the city of Nafplion in Greece. [1] Until the thirteenth century, it was a town on its own. The arrival of the Venetians and the Franks transformed it into part of the town fortifications.
Palamidi (Greek: Παλαμήδι) is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece.Nestled on the crest of a 216-metre (709 ft) high hill, the fortress was built by the Venetians during their second occupation of the area (1686–1715).
The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio is a museum in the town of Nafplio of the Argolis region in Greece. It has exhibits of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Helladic, Mycenaean, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods from all over southern Argolis. The museum is situated in the central square of Nafplion.
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Asini (Greek: Ασίνη) is a village and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, named after the ancient city of Asine. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nafplio, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 136.873 km 2. [3] Population 5,077 (2021).