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The Fortress of Palamidi is situated at a height of 220 m. on the summit of the hill of this name east of the city of Nafplion. It was built between 1711 and 1715, and fell into Ottoman hands before its completion. Its founder was the Venetian Governor (Provveditore) Agostino Sagredo, and its engineers were Giancix and La Salle. The fortress was a significant work of fortification architecture which incorporated all the virtues and experience acquired in the field up to the 18th c. It was composed of a complex of bastions which had water reservoirs, munitions depots, food storage areas and frequently moats, machicolations, “murder holes”, outer retaining walls, barracks, etc.
