Nauplia

Nauplia, a small fortified town and seaport with an excellent roadstead in the Morea, Greece, at the northern extremity of the Gulf of Argos or Nauplia, 25 miles S. of Corinth. At an early period it was the port and arsenal of Argos. In the 13th century it was occupied by the Venetians (who called it Napoli di Romania), and it was taken by the Turks in 1540. From 1824 to 1835 it was the capital of Greece, and had a population of upwards of 12,000; but on the removal of the court to Athens it fell into decay. Pop. 4598.