Gemeinde in Der Argolis - Argos, Nafplio, Ermioni, NEA Kios, Epidavros, Alea (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Nafplion ( = freight + = ship) (Modern Greek: , Nafplio) or Nauplion (Greek: , Naupli n) is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. The town was the first capital of modern Greece, from 1829 to 1834. Nafplion, with a population of (13,822) is the capital of the prefecture of Argolis and the province of Nafplion. The name of the town in Greek is or in Ancient Greek / (adding omega/nu, thus the transliteration "Nafplion"). As is the case with many Greek names, there is more than one possible Latin transliteration. Currently, the most commonly used English spelling is "Nafplion" (or sometimes "Nafplio" like the Modern Greek way of saying it). Many sources, especially those dealing with the ancient city, refer to it by its Latin name of Nauplion. In other languages it is known variously as Nauplia, Navplion, Nauplio, Nafplion and Anapli; these names would have been current in English during the periods of Venetian and Ottoman domination. In Italian, Nafplion is known as Napoli di Romania, the last two words referring to the ancient name ("Romania" or rather "Rhomania") formerly used to define those territories occupied by the Byzantine Empire or Empire of Rhomania, and serving to distinguish the town from the other Napoli (i.e. Naples) in Italy. Turkish name of her is "Mora Yeni ehri" is derived from Morea. "Mora" was added to Yeni ehir (=New City) due to prevent confusing with Yeni ehir and Yeni ehr-i Fenar. View of Bourtzi.Nafplion is situated on the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese. Most of the old town is on a peninsula jutting into the gulf; this peninsula forms a naturally protected bay that is enhanced by the addition of man-made moles. Originally almost isolated by marshes, deliberate landfill projects, primarily since the 1970s, have nearly doubled the land ar...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de