Palamidi Fortress

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-high (709 ft) hill, the fortress was built by the Venetians during their second occupation of the area (1686–1715).

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Entrance. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 25
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Entrance. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 27

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Lower level. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 28
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Lower level. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 28

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Bell tower. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 31
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Bell tower. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 31

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Lower level. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 32
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Lower level. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 32

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Around the entrance. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 33
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Around the entrance. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 33

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Prison of Kolokotronis. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 39
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Prison of Kolokotronis. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 39

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Prison of Kolokotronis. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 40
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Prison of Kolokotronis. St Andrew Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 40

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Eastern entrance. Palamidi Fortress 41
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Eastern entrance. Palamidi Fortress 41

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Achilles Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 46
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Bastión «Aquiles» dominando el golfo Argólico. Palamidi Fortress 47
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Bastión «Aquiles» dominando el golfo Argólico. Palamidi Fortress 47

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Themistocles Bastion (Bastión de Temístocles). Palamidi Fortress 48
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Themistocles Bastion (Bastión de Temístocles). Palamidi Fortress 48

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Route from Phokion Bastion to Themistocles Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 51
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Route from Phokion Bastion to Themistocles Bastion. Palamidi Fortress 51

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The top with Achilles bastion (front) and Themistocles (back). Palamidi Fortress 56
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The top with Achilles bastion (front) and Themistocles (back). Palamidi Fortress 56

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Bastions Epameinondas (front), Miltiades, Phokion (up left), Leonidas (right). Palamidi Fortress 57
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Bastions Epameinondas (front), Miltiades, Phokion (up left), Leonidas (right). Palamidi Fortress 57

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Vista de Nauplia y la Acronauplia. Palamidi Fortress 60
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Monte-Palamida nuovamente fortificato - Coronelli Vincenzo Maria - 1708. Palamidi Fortress 65
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THE BASTIONS. 1. The Bastion of Epameinondas: One enters Palamidi today via its central gate in the Bastion of Epameinondas, directly following the parking area. The Ottomans called this bastion Seytan Tabya, i.e. “the Devil’s Bastion”, apparently fearing that this was the fortress’s most vulnerable point. 2. The Bastion of Miltiades: Proceeding along the paved road leading into the fortress, one encounters on the right the Bastion of Miltiades (Bastione or Baloardo Staccato - Bazirgan Tabya). It had a deep moat on its southern and eastern side, with access only from the west. This bastion was used as a prison for those serving life sentences. 3.The Bastion of Leonidas: North of the Bastion of Miltiades is the Bastion of Leonidas (Piatta Forma - Kur Tabya), located to the left on the paved road leading from the Bastion of Miltiades. Its purpose was to protect the city from the side of the plain below. 4.The Bastion of Agios Andreas (San Girardo - Disdar Tabya): One arrives at this bastion through an imposing gate (reached by a stone staircase) that opens on the north. Above the gate was a wall relief of the Lion of Venice, the symbol of Mark the Evangelist, patron saint of Venice, with an inscription praising the founder Sagredo. The chapel of Agios Andreas is at the rear of the central courtyard. This was a small church whose eastern half lay beneath the rock. The original church was dedicated to San Girardo, the patron saint of the Sagredo family. In the Greek War of Independence the fortress was taken on the feast day of Agios Andreas, and the Greeks dedicated the church in his memory. At the rear of the first arch near the church, a small entrance opens through a small passageway that lead to a quadrangular room, the so-called “Prison of Kolokotronis”. For this space, which was apparently a secondary gunpowder magazine, the name “Prison of Kolokotronis” prevailed in the early 20th c. after the abolition of the prison of Palamidi. 5. The Bastion of Robert (Mascio - Deniz Kapi): One may view this bastion, which resembled a tower, by ascending the staircase. It took its name from the French Philhellene Robert, who fell gallantly in battle fighting on the Acropolis of Athens. 6. The Bastion of Fokionas (Mezzo Bastione - Tavil Tabya): This bastion lies south of the Bastion of Agios Andreas. At its southeastern point there is a gate leading to a steep and narrow staircase above the rocky shore of Arvanitia. Visitors can proceed southeast from this gate towards the Bastion of Themistocles. 7. The Bastion of Themistocles (Posto di San Agostino - Kara Tabya): This bastion is a large one; it is separated from the side of the Bastion of Fokionas by a substantial moat while from that of the Bastion of Achilles it is separated by a smaller moat and strengthened by a wall. 8. The Bastion of Achilles (Doppia Tegnalia - Yuruis Tabya): As its name makes clear, this was the most vulnerable bastion of all, both because it was situated at the most accessible point on Palamidi hill as well as because at some points its wall did not exceed 3 m. in height. The Ottomans named it Yuruis Tabya, because they entered the Fortress of Palamidi from here. And it was from this same point that Palamidi was taken by the Greeks on the night of November 29, 1822. Palamidi Fortress 66
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THE BASTIONS. 1. The Bastion of Epameinondas: One enters Palamidi today via its central gate in the Bastion of Epameinondas, directly following the parking area. The Ottomans called this bastion Seytan Tabya, i.e. “the Devil’s Bastion”, apparently fearing that this was the fortress’s most vulnerable point. 2. The Bastion of Miltiades: Proceeding along the paved road leading into the fortress, one encounters on the right the Bastion of Miltiades (Bastione or Baloardo Staccato - Bazirgan Tabya). It had a deep moat on its southern and eastern side, with access only from the west. This bastion was used as a prison for those serving life sentences. 3.The Bastion of Leonidas: North of the Bastion of Miltiades is the Bastion of Leonidas (Piatta Forma - Kur Tabya), located to the left on the paved road leading from the Bastion of Miltiades. Its purpose was to protect the city from the side of the plain below. 4.The Bastion of Agios Andreas (San Girardo - Disdar Tabya): One arrives at this bastion through an imposing gate (reached by a stone staircase) that opens on the north. Above the gate was a wall relief of the Lion of Venice, the symbol of Mark the Evangelist, patron saint of Venice, with an inscription praising the founder Sagredo. The chapel of Agios Andreas is at the rear of the central courtyard. This was a small church whose eastern half lay beneath the rock. The original church was dedicated to San Girardo, the patron saint of the Sagredo family. In the Greek War of Independence the fortress was taken on the feast day of Agios Andreas, and the Greeks dedicated the church in his memory. At the rear of the first arch near the church, a small entrance opens through a small passageway that lead to a quadrangular room, the so-called “Prison of Kolokotronis”. For this space, which was apparently a secondary gunpowder magazine, the name “Prison of Kolokotronis” prevailed in the early 20th c. after the abolition of the prison of Palamidi. 5. The Bastion of Robert (Mascio - Deniz Kapi): One may view this bastion, which resembled a tower, by ascending the staircase. It took its name from the French Philhellene Robert, who fell gallantly in battle fighting on the Acropolis of Athens. 6. The Bastion of Fokionas (Mezzo Bastione - Tavil Tabya): This bastion lies south of the Bastion of Agios Andreas. At its southeastern point there is a gate leading to a steep and narrow staircase above the rocky shore of Arvanitia. Visitors can proceed southeast from this gate towards the Bastion of Themistocles. 7. The Bastion of Themistocles (Posto di San Agostino - Kara Tabya): This bastion is a large one; it is separated from the side of the Bastion of Fokionas by a substantial moat while from that of the Bastion of Achilles it is separated by a smaller moat and strengthened by a wall. 8. The Bastion of Achilles (Doppia Tegnalia - Yuruis Tabya): As its name makes clear, this was the most vulnerable bastion of all, both because it was situated at the most accessible point on Palamidi hill as well as because at some points its wall did not exceed 3 m. in height. The Ottomans named it Yuruis Tabya, because they entered the Fortress of Palamidi from here. And it was from this same point that Palamidi was taken by the Greeks on the night of November 29, 1822. Palamidi Fortress 66

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