Nafpaktos (Lepanto)
This video is about Nova Castro, Venetian republic's castle in Nafpaktos, Greece, former known as Lepanto.
I will tell you the history of this castle and we will walk inside so you can see it how it is looks like now.
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Nafpaktos or Lepanto is a town in West Greece. It is conveniently located less than 3 hours drive from Athens Airport and 30 minutes from the Port of Patra. It is great for vacation due to its strategic location and affordability.
Landmarks:
The port and castle provide the main attraction for the town, both with well kept Venetian vestiges. Shops, cafés and bars dot the immediate area, while a café is also located within the castle walls.
The port also includes monuments commemorating the Battle of Lepanto (1571), and there is also a statue of the Cervantes by the Mallorcan artist Jaume Mir.
A small water park is located just past the western portion of the beach near Psani (currently closed).
Nafpaktos is also home to a local museum.
The Fethiye Mosque, the city's largest Ottoman-era mosque.
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Nafpaktos is a beautiful coastal town on the Corinthian Gulf, in Sterea or Central Greece. It is built up into a hillside, located 42 km from Messologhi, 10 km from the Rio-Antirro Bridge and 218 km from Athens. It is one of the oldest Greek cities that was associated with significant historical events. This is confirmed by the excellent fortification, which starts from the port with two watchtowers and continues with three successive walls, ending at the Venetian castle on top of the hill. It is a city with a lot of traffic during the entire year, which increases during the summer months. Visitors will find taverns, restaurants, cafes at the city center, at the beaches or at the castle hill overlooking the sea. Nafpaktos is ideal for summer holidays with beautiful beaches both in the city and at short distances from it.
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Run Nafpaktos
This video runs from the end of Psani to the horbor and back to Psani and then on along the road toward Antirio. The music starts in the 70ies and contrasts Markopoulos lamenting how everything is mass produced and American with Imiskoubria discovering an entire Greece in Astoria NY. It ends with Ole Ole Ola commemorating our beloved Greece's miserable performance at the world cup against Costa Rica.Near the end you may see in the distance the Rio-Antirio Bridge. The most aesthetically beautiful bridges I have ever crossed and one of the world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridges.
A little history: Nafpaktos is truly ancient. It is where the very first Greek tribes crossed to the Peloponnese (I'm guessing 1500BC?) and thus it's name (Naf - ship). It was a naval base during the Peloponessean war 455BC. Western Europeans know it as Lepanto. In October of 1571, the legendary Battle of Lepanto took place between the Ottomans and Europeans, leading to the victory of the Europeans. This battle marked the decline of the Ottoman Empire. Among the soldiers to participate in this fight was Miguel de Cervantes, in the Spanish fleet and he lost his left arm in the battle. His statue is found today in the harbor and you can see it in the video. The Venetian castle with it's five rings can also be see in places.
Ναύπακτος και Κάστρο - Nafpaktos (Lepanto), Greece
Nafpaktos (Greek: Ναύπακτος), known as Lepanto during part of its history, is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia Akarnania, West Greece, Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, 3 km (2 mi) west of the mouth of the river Mornos.
It is named for Naupaktos (Ναύπακτος, Latinized Naupactus), an important Athenian naval station in the Peloponnesian war. As a strategically crucial possession controlling access to the Gulf of Corinth, Naupaktos changed hands many times during the Crusades and the Ottoman–Venetian Wars. It was under Venetian control in the 15th century, and came to be known by the Venetian form of its name, Lepanto. It fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1499 and was used as naval station by the Ottoman Navy in the 16th century, being the site of the decisive victory by the Holy League in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Except a brief period of Venetian control in 1687–1699, Lepanto remained under Ottoman control until Greek independence in 1829.
Visit of Delphi and end of our travel in Nafpaktos before take a ferry for Ancona
Although we are on the way back, this stage was one of the most beautiful, both for landscapes and meetings.
Nafpaktos is a beautiful stage, with its taverns in a historic place, the small marina surrounded by walls.
In the shade of the plane trees, a superb view of the sea and the ramparts of the Venetian castle. Naupacto, This port is one of the most beautiful and picturesque of Corinth golf.
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NAFS HOTEL
An oasis of comfort, Nafs Hotel located on one of the most beautiful beaches of Nafpaktos! The panorama of the Corinthian, the castle and the bridge of Rio surround this luxurious shelter that is inspired from the elements of nature: ground, air, fire and water.
Each corner of Nafs Hotel is bathed in sweet light that stresses the harmonious and chromatic tones. Very near in the Venetian port next to the beach of Psani, but also a breath from the centre of Nafpaktos, Nafs Hotel constitutes an ideal base for interesting tours in the region and fulfils your professional obligations.
Inspired from nature, dedicated to hospitality, Nafs Hotel is the magic place where the wishes become feasible.
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The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, led by the Venetian Republic and the Spanish Empire, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras. The Ottoman forces were sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto (the Venetian name of ancient Naupactus Ναύπακτος, Ottoman İnebahtı) when they met the fleet of the Holy League which was sailing east from Messina, Sicily. The Holy League was a coalition of European Catholic maritime states which was arranged by Pope Pius V and led by John of Austria. The league was largely financed by Philip II of Spain, and the Venetian Republic was the main contributor of ships.In the history of naval warfare, Lepanto marks the last major engagement in the Western world to be fought almost entirely between rowing vessels, namely the galleys and galeasses which were the direct descendants of ancient trireme warships. The battle was in essence an infantry battle on floating platforms. It was the largest naval battle in Western history since classical antiquity, involving more than 400 warships. Over the following decades, the increasing importance of the galleon and the line of battle tactic would displace the galley as the major warship of its era, marking the beginning of the Age of Sail.
The victory of the Holy League is of great importance in the history of Europe and of the Ottoman Empire, marking the turning-point of Ottoman military expansion into the Mediterranean, although the Ottoman wars in Europe would continue for another century. It has long been compared to the Battle of Salamis, both for tactical parallels and for its crucial importance in the defense of Europe against imperial expansion. It was also of great symbolic importance in a period when Europe was torn by its own wars of religion following the Protestant Reformation, strengthening the position of Philip II of Spain as the Most Catholic King and defender of Christendom against Muslim incursion. Historian Paul K. Davis writes that, More than a military victory, Lepanto was a moral one. For decades, the Ottoman Turks had terrified Europe, and the victories of Suleiman the Magnificent caused Christian Europe serious concern. The defeat at Lepanto further exemplified the rapid deterioration of Ottoman might under Selim II, and Christians rejoiced at this setback for the infidels. The mystique of Ottoman power was tarnished significantly by this battle, and Christian Europe was heartened.