This paper briefly attempts to explore the Ottoman trace within the modern city of Nafplio. A city, which in recent eras, has seen several and successive dominations by the Franks, the Venetians and the Ottomans and after the explosive events of liberation there began a gradual formation of its subsequent style, often incorporating while also rejecting other parts of the past. Very important were the influences during the two long periods of Ottoman enforcement, during which Nafplio acquired an oriental state style where, among others, elegant public and private buildings and significant urban infrastructures were embraced. However, in revolutionary Nafplio, the massive and urgent needs for housing caused by an emergent Greek population, the rage against the outgoing occupier and the resulting hatred towards its symbols and monumental constructions led to the deterioration and the partial destruction of many Ottoman buildings and facilities. Any private buildings, which did not suffer major damage from the attacks, served as refuge to many Greek families, while afterwards complying with the forthcoming architectural classicism. The remaining post revolutionary Ottoman public buildings were used to address various social and functional needs of the newly established Greek state, which caused them to lose their true character in people’s minds. They remain, however, representative samples of a multifaceted and turbulent past and an integral part of a historical reality that is depicted today within the city.