{"id":13609,"date":"2022-06-29T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/?p=13609"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:21:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T21:21:39","slug":"palamidi-fortress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/2022\/06\/29\/palamidi-fortress\/","title":{"rendered":"Palamidi Fortress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We saw Palamidi Fortress from almost every location while exploring in Nafplio, and early on a Wednesday morning, we finally hiked up to explore it. The hill is named after the physician and astronomer Palamides, who was a a hero of the Trojan War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Palamidi Hill is 216 m high and is made up of 8 self-contained bastions (completed in 1714)) with the idea that even if one is conquered, the others can still be defended.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The story says there’s 999 steps up to the Fortress. In reality, there’s approximately 857 steps up, which wasn’t too bad early in the morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Building was started by the Venetians, and of course, it changed hands each time Nafplio was conquered. In the end, it was used as a prison for those condemned to a life sentence or death until the 1920s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The views as we climb. Click the arrows to move through the slideshow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n