Trip to Greece part 2

After Lefkada we went on the highway to Patras and further on the south side of the Corinth Bay. We had a stop in Acient Corinth, an amazing place and actually we should have more time there. You have to go through a museum before you can walk around outside.

From Wikipedia:

Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of Greece, with a population of 90.000 in 400 BC. The demolished Corinth in 146 BC, built a new city in its place in 44 BC, and later made it the provincial capital of Greece.

For Christians, Corinth is well known from the two letters of Saint Paul in the New Testament, First and Second Corinthians. Corinth is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a part of Paul the Apostle`s missionary travels. In addition, the second book of Pausanias, Description of Greece is devoted to Corinth.

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On the mountain behind the ruins you can see the Acrocorinth, the Acropolis of Corinth. I wanted to go there, but we had to be in Nafplio before dark. So next time..

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In 1858, the village surrounding the ruins of Ancient Corinth was destroyed by an earthquake, leading to the establishment of New Corinth 3 km NE of the ancient city.

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After Corinth we went down to Nafplio. When we arrived this beautiful city we first went up to Acronauplia with an amazing view over the city.

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The view to Fortress of Palamidi. If we had more time we should go up there.

Only 913 steps…

Around the fortress you can have a nice walk… if we had more time…

We checked in at Dias hotel. A perfect hotel only some meters from the city center. Really nice rooms and the host felt us welcome at once.

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We parked just around the corner.

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Special decorations in the street

The city is really beautiful, but you can also see things like this… it could be from a western movie…

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It was right before Christmas and the shops was decorated. In Greece they are celebrating Christmas between 6th of December to 6th of January so we were a little bit early for the big festival.

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Count Ioannis Kapodistrias, first head of state of newly liberated Greece, set foot on the Greek mainland for the first time in Nafplio on 7th of January 1828 and made it the official capital of Greece in 1829. He was assassinated on 9th of Oktober 1831 by members of the Mavromichalis family, on the steps of the church of Saint Spyridon in Nafplio. After his assassination, a period of anarchy followed, until the arrival of king Ott and the establishment of the new Kingdom of Greece. Nafplio remained the capital of the kingdom until 1834, when King Otto decided to move the capital to Athens.