A water-filled moat protected the land (south) side of the Venetian/Ottoman Rhion fortress, occupying the southern outcrop at the entrance to the narrow sea strait that leads to Corinth, a strategic passage since antiquity.
Viewpoint from the south (Peleponnes) Rio side of the suspension bridge across the Corinth strait, right next to the Venetian fortress that protected this strategic entrance to the narrow bay separating Peleponnes from mainland Greece.
The earliest human occupation on the hill goes back to the Neolithic period (about 5000 B.C.). It was followed by successive settlements but their remains have been destroyed almost completely …
The prison of Kolokotronis in Palamidi has today taken on mythological dimensions. The crowds of visitors visit and see as the prison of Th. Kolokotronis a pitch-dark dungeon in the …
Small tour ferries bring visitors from this harbor dock to the Bourtzi Castle, on the island a few hundred meters offshore. Nice views along the harbor waterfront.