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9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Nafplio, Greece

Updated April 21, 2021

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Unusual Attractions in Nafplio

The Boutzi fortress in Greece.

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Bourtzi

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

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Church of Agios Spyridon

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

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Lion of Bavaria

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

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Church of Agioi Pantes

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

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Ottoman Fountains of Nafplio

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

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Vouleftikon (People's Assembly)

This 18th-century former mosque held the first Hellenic Parliament.

Basilica of Agios Nikolaos

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Basilica of Agios Nikolaos

This church is dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers.

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