Vanitas vanitatum
Archaeological Museum
In 1713, the Venetians probably thought they would be in Nafplion forever. The Superintendent of the Fleet, Agostino Sagredo, invested heavily in this magnificent warehouse for naval supplies. Two years later, the Venetians were out. The austere building remained and was used as barracks by the subsequent masters of Nafplion (during the Second World War, the Germans used it as an interrogation centre). Today, it houses the archaeological museum with thousands of artefacts from Argolis (not Mycenae, though, since the treasures found in Agamemnon's city are in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens). The most stunning exhibit is the so-called Dendra panoply, an extremely rare example of Mycenaean-era full-body armour made of bronze plates and a boars'-tusk helmet.
As seen on
Nafplion City Tour: the beloved city