The first parliament in Nafplio, the Parliament, will remain temporarily closed, in order to thoroughly check the dome after the detachment of a decorative element from it.

According to a statement by the Municipality of Nafplio, due to this emergency, scheduled events in the MP are postponed to other sites.

Nafplio

The Parliament was the first House of the Greeks.

The building was built in 1730 during the Second Turkish domination and is located on Staikopoulou Street (152A building square), just behind the National Bank building (formerly Nikitaras’ residence and later Kalliopi Papalexopoulou) overlooking Syntagma Square.

Originally built as mosque From Aga Pasha, Nafplio’s richest Aga, to save his soul. Later, after the Greek Revolution, a decree was voted to be repaired to house the first House of Greeks.

The inauguration of the new parliamentary took place on September 21, 1825 and descriptions are given by the General Journal of Greece: “… it is the brightest and most beautiful public building today in Greece. It has a capacity to be spacious through the MPs and two series of seats through the listener above the area … “and from the published articles on the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament.

In this building the famous trial of Kolokotronis took place, which resulted in his death condemnation with Plaputa.

Later in the Kapodistrian era (1831) the building was granted by the Governor for school housing, characterizing it, the most suitable for this use. So on April 1 of the same year, the “Greek” Nafplio began to operate in the MP.

During the Occupation (1940) it was used as a prison. Until the early 1990s the National Conservatory was housed. Today, after repairs, where the building was undergoing, it is a conference center (lectures, workshops, seminars, etc.).