| We parked and walked to the end of a road, and on the way back I jokingly suggested we scale the cliff. Rose seriously accepted the challenge and spurred me on till I crawled up a chimney and thought of the risks om climbing by myself, so I carefully and fumingly descended fearing to have to bear this for the rest of my life. But Rose sat there drinking lemonade with a Greek so end of sermon-to-be. |
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We then found the more conventional route, avoiding the 857 (not 999) steps to the 215 m high fortress built between 1711 and 1714 by the Venetian Lasalle. Once it was occupied by 4,000 Turks who were surprised and ejected by 900 Greeks.
It commands a fantastic view over Epidauros Nauplios - ARGOLIS another Venetian fortress in Nafplio: Bourtzi A Short History of Nafplio COMMENTS? |
