Ástros

Astros lies inland from the Argolic Gulf, a short distance southwest of its harbour. During the Greek War of Independence it became the meeting place of the Second National Assembly, which gathered in 1823 under Petros Mavromichalis. The delegates revised the provisional constitution adopted at Epidaurus the previous year. The school associated with the assembly was burned by Ibrahim Pasha's forces in 1826, amid the continuing struggle for control of the Morea.