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Preveza (Greek: Πρέβεζα, pronounced) is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf.It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which is the southern part of the region of Epirus.
Preveza was established as a prefecture in 1915 (Greek: Νομός Πρέβεζας). As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the regional unit Preveza was created out of the former prefecture Preveza. The prefecture had the same territory as the present regional unit.
The Battle of Preveza (also known as Prevesa) was a naval engagement that took place on 28 September 1538 near Preveza in the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece between an Ottoman fleet and that of a Holy League. The battle was an Ottoman victory which occurred in the same area in the Ionian Sea as the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. [5]
St. George's castle, as it was named after 1912, was designed by French engineers, who also oversaw the construction of the fort. It was constructed at the southern edge of Preveza in order to defend the narrow water channel leading from the Ionian Sea into the Gulf of Arta.
The Battle of Preveza was the first naval engagement fought during the Italo-Turkish War, which took place in the Ionian Sea on 29–30 September 1911. The action took part in two separate engagements, the first off Preveza , and the second at Gomenítza the following day.
Anthousa (Greek: Ανθούσα), known before 1927 as Rapeza (Greek: Ράπεζα [2] [3]) is a village in the municipality of Parga, Preveza regional unit of Epirus, in western Greece. In 2021 its population was 673 for the community, which also includes the village Trikorfo.
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