Nafplio's old town in 3D
Historic Nafplio 3D is an interactive 3D map of Nafplio in the Peloponnese, Greece. Explore the old town from above, click any building or monument to read its story, and move through the periods of its history to see how the town changed from antiquity to today.
What you can see
- Palamidi: the Venetian fortress (1711–1714) on the hill above the town, reached by the stairway known as the "999 steps".
- Akronafplia: the rocky core of the town, fortified since antiquity, with ancient, Byzantine, Frankish and Venetian walls.
- Bourtzi: the Venetian castle (1473) on the islet at the harbour entrance.
- Syntagma Square: the heart of the old town, with the Archaeological Museum in a Venetian building of 1713, the Vouleftiko, where the Greek Parliament met in a former mosque, and the Trianon.
- Agios Spyridon: the church at whose door Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Governor of Greece, was assassinated in 1831.
- And more: the Land Gate, the Five Brothers bastion, the cathedral of Agios Georgios, the Bavarian Lion, Psaromachalas and Arvanitia Square.
Eleven periods of history
Nafplio was Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman before it became the first capital of modern Greece. The map shows the town in eleven periods: Antiquity, Byzantine, Frankish (1212–1389), First Venetian (1389–1540), First Ottoman (1540–1686), Second Venetian (1686–1715), Second Ottoman (1715–1822), Revolution and first capital (1822–1833), King Otto (1833–1862), 1862–1940 and since 1940. Each period has a short text about the town at the time and the places that belong to it.
Tours, quiz and night view
Three guided tours (Highlights, The fortresses, Through history) take you from place to place. A history quiz tests what you know at three levels. Change the time of day to see the town at sunset and at night, when the lights come on in the streets, on the steps to Palamidi and on the boats in the harbour.
