In the 19th century King Otho returned this Venetian-built church to Nafplion's Catholics. It is best known for the wooden arch erected inside the doorway in 1841, with the names carved on it of philhellenes who died during the War of Independence (Lord Byron is number 10). Note also the evidence of its use as a mosque by the Turks: the mihrab (Muslim prayer recess) behind the altar and the amputated stub of a minaret. The church has a small museum and an underground crypt in which can be found sculptural work commemorating the defeat of the Turks at the hands of the Greeks and philhellenes.
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