Nauplion 1974 -The Bourtzi fortress

Description:
As the sun sets just before the dusk, when everything around us turns into black shadows wrapped in gold dust, we see Bourtzi through the chairs and the coffee tables on the waterfront of Nafplio.
The next day, on a boat, the filmmaker and his friend visit the small castle constructed by the Italian engineer Gabelo, the first prison of Theodoros Kolokotronis and later the residence of the guillotine executioners.
We watch shots from the small port as the boat approaches the Venetian fortress and then shots from its fortification and the battlements.
The film closes with a brief look at Nafplio.
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Creator's description:
No visitor to Nafplion can ever forget the sight of the Bourdzi, the little castle in the Bay of Nafplion, built by the Venetians. It’s worthwhile taking a boat across to the island to have a look at it. Some years ago a certain entrepreneur decided to make the castle into a luxury hotel, but having done that, he refused to allow the general public, apart from his guests, to visit the castle. The authorities said he must allow the public access to the castle, but rather than give way the proprietor abandoned the hotel. So now visitors can go to the castle, but the hotel is derelict and the castle itself unkempt and uncared for.
-Bonar, Andrew Graham
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Το 1951 το ΤΕΧΝΙΚΟΝ ΓΡΑΦΕΙΟΝ ΚΙΜΩΝΟΣ ΛΑΣΚΑΡΙ εμελέτησεν την διαμόρφσιν των δωματίων του φρουρίου εις Ξενώνα κατ΄ εντολήν του ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ ΟΡΓΑΝΙΣΜΟΥ ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΥ. Το 1955 εγένετο και νέα προσθήκη δημοπρατηθείσα την Πέμπτην 20 Ιανουαρίου 1955. Η δημοπρασία της πρώτης διαμορφώσεως ως και οι Εργολήπται οι κατασκευάσαντες τα Έργα αυτά εισέτι αναζητούνται. Τον Ιούλιον 1963 ετέθη θέμα εκπτώσεως του Αναδόχου Εκμεταλλεύσεως του Ξενώνος λόγω της υπ’ αυτού αθετήσεως των υπό του ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ ΟΡΓΑΝΙΣΜΟΥ ΤΟΥΡΙΣΜΟΥ τεθέντων όρων λειτουργίας αυτού.