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Náfplio (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 34 06 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5683 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 48 19 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.8053 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient city was constructed on Mycenaean foundations; mentioned in Homeric legends; fell to Argos in 7th cen.; site was deserted by 2nd cen. CE but later re-settled; was Venetian (11th cen.), Crusader, then Turkish. |
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| Náfplio (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Navplion (C,O)
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| Nauplia (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Návplion (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Náfplion (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Návplio (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ναύπλιο (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Ναύπλιον (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Mora Yenişehri (NA,V,Turkish,U)
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| Napoli di Romania (NA,V,Italian,U)
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| Nafplio (H,V)
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| Nauplion (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Argolís (regional division) (P) |
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Náfplio (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in Mycenaean times |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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was declared first capital of independent Greece by revolutionaries in 1830 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| Mycenaean (H) |
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