Medieval fortress of Palamidi (E.S.E.) watching over the best harbor of Greece – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Perched on a rocky ridge above the town of Nafplio, the Palamidi fortress overlooks the gulf that this card calls the best harbor in Greece. Venetian engineers built its defenses in the early 1700s, and the castle later changed hands among Venetian, Ottoman, and Greek forces. Nafplio served as the first capital of modern Greece in the late 1820s and early 1830s, which gave the harbor below real political weight. Underwood & Underwood issued this stereo view as one of many travel scenes meant for home viewers with a stereoscope.
| Created / published | c1907 Jan. 31. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. No. (51) 9317. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; Forts; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,396 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140489 |
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