Gell, William: The itinerary of Greece: With a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an account of the monuments of antiquity at present existing in that country (London, 1810)

NAUPLIA.

NAUPLIA.

Nauplia, which still retains its ancient name among the Greeks,
and is only corrupted into Anapli and Napoli di Romania by the
Turks and Italians, is a large, and in point of building, one of the
most respectable cities of the Morea, of which, in modern times, it was
accounted the capital. The Pachas formerly resided here, but the
Greeks are said to have bribed them for the greater convenience of
the public to remain at Tripolizza, which is in the centre of the Pe-
loponnesus.

While the town was in possession of the Spaniards or Venetians, it
was their greatest depot of arms, and was defended by a regular ditch
and fortifications toward the land, which yet exist, though in a
neglected state, as does the arsenal, in which the arms and cannon
are said to have become entirely unserviceable.

The houses are generally better than in other towns of Greece.
There are Consuls or Vice-consuls of several nations, but the English,
who are not represented by a British subject, are by no means
popular.

An Armenian, named Petro Agobi, is at present the best person to
assist a traveller.

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