Another fort, or is it a castle?
In addition to the imposing fortress high above the downtown, on the other side of the semi-circular harbor there was another hill. Of course, the inhabitants had to fortify that so this structure was built to guard this side of the harbor. These forts do not date back to the Ancient Greeks however. The Turks actually controlled this part of Greece in the 16th and 17th Centuries. When Greece gained its independence from Turkey, Nafplion served as the capital of Greece from 1829 until 1834.
Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more 
