Castle of Argos (Larisa)
Hilltop fortress of Mycenaean, Byzantine, Frankish and Ottoman walls above a wide plain.
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This guide to the Castle of Argos, the Larisa hilltop above Argos near Nafplio, follows the summer of 1822, when a small Greek garrison under Prince Demetrius Ypsilantis took on a blunt job for the revolution. You'll meet the commander Theodoros Kolokotronis, the Ottoman general Mahmud Dramali Pasha camped on the plain below, and the walls Byzantines, Franks, Venetians and Ottomans left behind. Best heard standing beside the big cistern at the centre of the citadel.
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