Talk:Nafpaktos

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"In 1990, construction of a bypass of Naupactus began but when it was finally paved, the opening was delayed for eight years. However, it had to be partly reconstructed due to errors on the previous construction and as of late 2004. Finally it has opened in July 2006 but with no traffic." This makes no sense. Apart from the poor English, why should there be no traffic after it opened? Deipnosophista 16:26, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

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'Naupactus' is the Latinized spelling used in the classical literature in English. 'Nafpaktos' is the modern name. Though 'Naupactus' is more common in books, 'Nafpaktos' is (slightly) more common on the Web. I would suggest we move to 'Nafpaktos'. --Macrakis (talk) 18:48, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Support move to Nafpaktos.--Zoupan 14:39, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 8 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved. EdJohnston (talk) 02:05, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

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Naupactus → Nafpaktos – I would have boldly moved this if not for the redirect in the way. According to User:Macrakis: "'Naupactus' is the Latinized spelling used in the classical literature in English. 'Nafpaktos' is the modern name. Though 'Naupactus' is more common in books, 'Nafpaktos' is (slightly) more common on the Web." "Nafpaktos" is a more direct romanization of the name in its modern Greek pronunciation and is the version given on Google Maps. There seems no good reason to prefer a more Latinized version. If this passes, Category:Naupactus should be speedily renamed likewise. Hairy Dude (talk) 23:26, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

http://www.nafpaktos.gr/ may also be informative. The English version looks like a tourist brochure, but it appears official and uses the latter spelling. Hairy Dude (talk) 23:55, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

• Support. No reason to use a Latinized name for a modern location. Dimadick (talk) 08:08, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
• Weak support for Nafpaktos. General web search results are generally not a reliable indicator of usage, esp. given the prevalence of phonetic rendering of names in maps etc. In published sources, which is what WP orients itself after, there still is a clear prevalence of Naupactus, with the alternate transliteration of Naupaktos second, and Nafpaktos a rather distant third. Hence I would also support "Naupaktos", which is not a latinization, but simply an alternate transliteration from the Greek. Constantine ✍ 12:29, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

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Saving one revision that was under the Nafpaktos redirect at time of the move

When we move an article over a redirect, usually the redirect gets deleted. Occasionally there might be some actual content in the history of the redirect. Attached below is one revision that I found, from June 2006. It was not practical to save this via history merge, due to WP:Parallel histories. If you see anything useful in this 2006 version, someone could merge it into the current article. EdJohnston (talk) 02:18, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Version of Nafpaktos, contributed by User:Georgegekas on 14:18, 18 June 2006. EdJohnston (talk) 02:18, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
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Nafpaktos although technically not in the Phokis area as it is defined by today’s borders of the prefecture, in ancient times was home of Esperioi Lokris and Phokians. Nafpaktos is also known as Naupactos, Naupactus (Latin), Lepanto (Italian). In Modern Greek, it is known as Ναύπακτος, and rarely Επαχτος). Naupactus is also a scientific name, see Naupactus (beetle). Nafpaktos is a town in the nomarchy of Aetolia and Acarnania Greece. Nafpaktos is the capital of the province of Nafpaktia. Naupactus is also an Episcopal see. Nafpaktos is situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto. The origin of Nafpaktos comes from the two Greek words: ναύς naus ship, boat and πήγνυμι pegnymi which means builder, and fixer shipbuilding place. Dorians used Nafpaktos as a shipbuilding place to cross over the Peloponnesus about 1100BC. The municipality of Nafpaktos is built mainly on a narrow strip of land between the Gulf of Corinth and the mountains which in its widest part is about 3 km. Today the town has about 11,000 people. The town has schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, churches, banks, a post office, two beaches (Psani and Gribovo), and a square (plateia). The Venetian castle (castro) above the city is a land mark with a spectacular view of the Gulf of Corinth. Residential houses are lined up with the highway along the Gulf of Corinth. The harbour, once the best on the northern coast of the Corinthian Gulf, is now almost entirely choked up, and is accessible only to the small craft. Most villages around town are founded in the northeast. The climate of the area is one of the best in Greece. In 1990, construction of a bypass of Nafpaktos began but when it was finally paved, the opening was delayed for eighth years. Completion of the bypass tunnel is expected in 2006. The high way linking Antirio and Amfissa now bypasses to the north of the town at the elevation of 150 to 200 m above sea level. Distance from Patras is about 15 km NE and about 215 km NW of Athens. The new Rio-Antirio bridge which opened in 2004 on time for the Athens Olympic Games just 8 km from Nafpaktos now connects Western Greece and Peloponnesus . The Mornos river is a few kilometers E-NE where it also is the prefectural boundary with Phokida. In Greek legend Nafpaktos appears as the place where the Heraclidae built a fleet to invade the Peloponnesus In historical times it belonged to the Ozolian Locrians; but about 455 BC, in spite of a partial resettlement with Locrians of Opus, it fell to the Athenians, who peopled it with Messenian refugees and made it their chief naval station in western Greece during the Peloponnesian war. In 404 it was restored to the Locrians, who subsequently lost it to the Achaeans, but recovered it through Epaminondas. Philip II of Macedon gave Naupactus to the Aetolians, who held it till 191 BC, when after an obstinate siege it was surrendered to the Romans. It was still flourishing about 170 AD, but in Justinian's reign was destroyed by an earthquake. It was again destroyed by earthquakes in 553 and in the 8th century . In the middle ages it fell into the hands of the Venetians, who fortified it so strongly that in 1477 it successfully resisted a four month's siege by a Turkish army thirty thousand strong; in 1499, however, it was taken by Beyazid II. The mouth of the Gulf of Lepanto was the scene of the great sea fight in which the naval power the “invincible” Ottoman navy was for the time defeated and in fact destroyed by the united the united Christian forces of Spain, Venice, Austrian, Greeks (mainly from Galaxidi) under the leadership of the Austrian Don Juan. This in effect helped in stopping the Ottoman advancement to Europe The sea battle t took place just west of the town near the islands of Ehinades (Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571). Encouraged by the victory and under the motivation of the European victors the Phokians especially those in Galaxidi in 1572 revolted against the Turks but their effort was unsuccessful. In 1678 Nafpaktos was recaptured by the Venetians, but was again given back to Turks in 1699, by the treaty of Karlowitz . In the Greek war of independence it finally returned to Greek hands once more (March 1829).

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Mention new U.S. ambassador to Greece in the section, Notable people?

He isn't from Nafpaktos himself, but he says both of his parents were born in the village of Platanos. (Subsequent tweets show him in Nafpaktos, so we can infer that this village isn't an identically named village elsewhere.) —⁠71.105.198.152 (talk) 08:06, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
And here (see reference) is a reply tweet from what appears to be his personal Twitter account. —⁠71.105.198.152 (talk) 08:41, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

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