Church of Saint Spyridon
Domed 1702 Orthodox church where Greece's first governor was assassinated, a bullet mark by its door.
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This guide to the Church of Saint Spyridon in Nafplio stands you at its doorway on a Sunday morning in September eighteen thirty-one, when Ioannis Kapodistrias, first governor of liberated Greece, arrived for his weekly service. It touches the Corfu saint who drew him here and the jailed Mani chief Petrobey Mavromichalis, whose family was waiting by the door. Look for the small glass case on the outer wall beside the entrance.
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