Náfplio

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N?fplio (???????; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a town on the Peloponnese in Greece. The town was the capital of Greece from 1829 to 1834 and is the place where Capodistria, the first president of the modern Greek republic was assassinated. Nafplio is also the capital of the prefecture of Argolis and the province of N?fplio. The population of the city is ranked second in the prefecture.

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The name of the town in Greek is ??????? or, less frequently, ????????. As is the case with many Greek names, there is more than one possible Latin transliteration. Currently, the most commonly used English spelling is N?fplio although the accent is often omitted, giving Nafplio.

List of traditional Greek place names: This is a list of traditional Greek place names. That is, a list of the names of places as they exist in the Greek language. This list includes:...

Peloponnese: The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth....

1829: 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar)....