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Argos, the prefecture with the most ancient monuments,
the most ancient town in Greece, and the first capital of liberated Greece, Nafplio.
Worth seeing are some of the most picturesque landscapes of the country combined with the immutable tracks of its ancient history : beautiful beaches, castles, tombs, one of the best maintained pyramids in the world and the most ancient theatre with impecable acoustics, the theatre of ancient Epidauros.
Nafplio
First capital of the liberated (from the Turks) Greece. The first primary school was also accomodated in Nafplio, under the auspices of Kapodistrias. Today, Nafplio is the capital and administrative center of the prefecture of Argolida, but also an important touristic center. With its buildings, renowned castles and generally the whole layout of the city makes Nafplio one of the most beautiful places in Greece.
The fortress complex of Nafplio is extensive and imposing. The oldest fortress of all is Akronafplia, in the homonymous peninsula. On the opposite rocky hill rises the famous Palamidi. Bourtzi is found in front of the harbour, in the shallow waters, and was connected, during the old times, by chains with the land, which is also the reason it was called Porto Cadena. All three castles are remarkable not only for their arcaelogical importance but also for their incredible adjustment in the place's topography.
The city itself includes many praiseworthy monuments, such as the imposing Venetian arms depot - which is maintained intact and accomodates the Archaelogical Museum -, the Mosque in Syntagmatos square, the church of Saint Spyridonas, famous because on the entrance of which Kapodistrias was murdered, the Bavarian lion, and other buildings along the mole which compose this rare architectural and urban plan whole making Nafplio distinguished as the best preserved example of a neoclassical city of the 19th century.
Argos
Argos is the first formed town in Greece, as well as in Europe. It covered an area of 1000 m2 in the past and composed a large worksite in ancient times. A lot of ancient secrets are possible to be hidden as it is the only town inhabited on its bones for 4 thousand years in succesion.
History
Argos was build by Foroneas, son and succesor of the first king of Argos, Inahos, and maintains its name till today. It was named, according to the legend, under the name of the grandson of Foroneas, Argos. The whole town was protected by high walls, built during the kingship of Inahos.
The emblem of the town is the head of a wolf, representing the omnipotence of the first integrated town-state in the area of Medirerranean since it afforded great facilities, such as the castle Larisa and the theatre.
Among the many churches found in the prefecture of Argolida worth visiting is the church of Zoodohos Pighi, located in Kefalari a small village 6 km outside Argos.Worth mentioning are also the ancient artists for their priceless contribution to civilization and the human kind. Their life's-work, at least as it is today maintained, is kept in the Archeological museum of Argos.
Portoheli
At the opposite seashore of Portoheli the relics of the ancient town of Alici are to be found. Aliki (the land of the fishermen) is the deserted town Pafsanias found in 166, when he visited Ermioni. It was, probably, destroyed at the end of the 4th B.C. century during a soil alternation which resulted for many towns to go underwater such as Kehries, Ancient Epidauros, Alieis.
Huge hotel buildings are situated on the ring of the beach, to accommodate the numerous domestic and foreign tourists who crowd the beaches of the area every summer for their vacation.Location : Porto Heli, one of the most famous summer resorts in Greece, located on the southeast shores of the Peloponnese, 170km far from Athens. Porto Heli can also be reached by Hydrofoil.
Information Courtesy of Agean Holiday Home page
