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*[[Odysseas Androutsos]] (1790–1825),hero of the [[Greek War of Independence]].
*[[Odysseas Androutsos]] (1790–1825),hero of the [[Greek War of Independence]].
*[[Abedin Dino]], founding member of the [[League of Prizren]] and leading figure of the [[Albanian National Awakening]].
*[[Abedin Dino]], founding member of the [[League of Prizren]] and leading figure of the [[Albanian National Awakening]].
*[[Ahmed Dino]], military leader and politician.
*[[Ali Dino]] (1890–1938), famous [[Cham Albanian]] cartoonist and member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]].
*[[Ali Dino]] (1890–1938), famous [[Cham Albanian]] cartoonist and member of the [[Hellenic Parliament]].
*[[Shahin Dino]], deputy of the sanjak of Preveza in the [[Ottoman Parliament]] and later Minister of Interior of [[Albania]].
*Kleareti Malamou-Dipla (1898–1977),poet and writer.
*Kleareti Malamou-Dipla (1898–1977),poet and writer.
*Theodoros Grivas (1797–1862),hero of the [[Greek War of Independence]].
*Theodoros Grivas (1797–1862),hero of the [[Greek War of Independence]].

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Preveza
Πρέβεζα
Settlement
Preveza's promenade.
Preveza's promenade.
Official seal of Preveza
Seal
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Area
 • Total66.8 km2 (25.8 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total19,605
 • Density290/km2 (760/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
481 00
Area code(s)26820
Vehicle registrationΡΖ
Websitehttp://www.dimosprevezas.gr

Preveza (Greek: Πρέβεζα) is a town in the periphery of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of Preveza Prefecture, which is part of the periphery of Epirus. An undersea tunnel, which runs between Preveza and Aktio of Acarnania (see Actium), connects the town to western Aetolia in Aetolia-Acarnania. The ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis lie 5 km north of the city.

Etymology

The name probably comes from Albanian, Prevezë, meaning the crossing place.[2]

History

The Cathedral's tower of Preveza.

Near the site of modern Preveza in 290 BC Pyrrhus of Epirus founded the town of Berenikia after his mother-in-law Berenice I of Egypt.[3] The Ambracian Gulf near Berenikia was the site of the Battle of Actium, in which Augustus' forces defeated those of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Nicopolis ("victory city") was built nearby to commemorate Augustus' victory. Nicopolis continued under Roman and later Byzantine rule, experiencing brief periods of Bulgarian rule in the 10th century (920-922, 977-983, 996-997). The city of Preveza was founded near the ruins of Berenikia towards the end of the 13th century, possibly by Albanians.[2] After 1204, it came under the Despotate of Epirus (1204–1230, 1241–1338, 1356–1358), the Second Bulgarian Empire (1230–1241), the Serbian Empire (1348–1356), and the Despotate of Arta (1358–1401). It then came under Venetian rule until captured by the Ottomans in 1499.

Under the Ottomans, it was the capital of the Karlı İli sanjak (derived from Carlo II Tocco, Despot of Epirus) which comprised Aetolia-Acarnania), initially as part of the vilayet of Rumelia (1499–1670) and afterwards of the vilayet of Yanya (Ioannina). The Battle of Preveza was fought off its shore in 1538, where the Ottoman fleet of Hayreddin Barbarossa defeated a united Christian fleet under Andrea Doria. Ottoman rule was interrupted twice by periods of Venetian control, during the Morean War (1684–1699) and from 1717 to 1797. At the Treaty of Campo Formio, it was ceded to France, while at 1798 troops of the Ottoman governor Ali Pasha attacked the city and when it was finally conquered a major slaughter occurred against the local people as retaliation for their resistance.[4]

According to the treaty of Berlin in 1878 Preveza was to be ceded to the Kingdom of Greece by the Ottoman Empire. The local Albanians opposing the treaty and claiming it as an Albanian town formed the Albanian Committee of Preveza (Albanian: Komiteti Shqiptar i Prevezës), a committee of the League of Prizren under the leadership of Abedin Dino, one of the founders of the League.[5][6] This committee was one of the most active committees of the League and Preveza along with Ioannina became one of the centers of the League of Prizren.[6][7] Initially the Ottoman Empire supported these committees to avoid losing part of its frontier with the Kingdom of Greece.

The Assembly of Preveza was a meeting of Albanian delegates in 1879, which aimed to halt the annexation of Epirus by Greece, following the Congress of Berlin.[8][verification needed]

The city remained under Ottoman control until captured by the Greek Army on 3 November 1912, during the First Balkan War. It formally joined Greece along with the rest of southern Epirus per the Treaty of London. Along with the rest of Greece, it was occupied by Italy (1941–1943) and Germany (1943–1944) during World War II.

Notable people from Preveza

Municipal districts

Historical population

Year Town population Municipality population
1981 13,624 -
1991 13,341 16,886
2001 16,321 19,605

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Greece

Twin towns - Sister cities

Preveza is a founding member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of 23 towns across the European Union. This active town twinning began in 1991 and there are regular events, such as a produce market from each of the other countries and festivals.[9][10]

Other twinnings

See also

References

Notes
  1. ^ De Facto Population of Greece Population and Housing Census of March 18th, 2001 (PDF 39 MB). National Statistical Service of Greece. 2003.
  2. ^ a b Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey (1967). Epirus: The Geography, The Ancient Remains, The History and the Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas. Oxford University Press. p. 46. Retrieved 2010-06-10. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Green, Peter (1993). Alexander to Actium: the historical evolution of the Hellenistic age. Hellenistic culture and society. University of California Press. p. 123. ISBN 0520083490.
  4. ^ Fleming Katherine Elizabeth. The Muslim Bonaparte: diplomacy and orientalism in Ali Pasha's Greece. Princeton University Press, 1999. ISBN 978-0-691-00194-4, p. 99
  5. ^ Jelavich, Barbara (1989). History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Joint Committee on Eastern Europe Publication Series. Cambridge University Press. p. 365. ISBN 0521274583.
  6. ^ a b Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian national awakening, 1878-1912. Princeton University Press. p. 70.
  7. ^ Slavic Review. Slavic Review. Vol. 11–2. University of Washington. 1952. p. 221. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, ISBN 99927-1-622-3.
  9. ^ "Douzelage.org: Home". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Douzelage.org: Member Towns". www.douzelage.org. Retrieved 2009-10-21.

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