History · 15th–20th century
Arta under the Ottomans and union with Greece
The Ottomans' “Narda”, the Venetians, the French and union with Greece in 1881.
- Ottoman conquest
- 1449
- Turkish name
- Narda
- Union with Greece
- 1881
- Jews in 1944
- 384 members, arrested in March
After 1449 Arta remained under Ottoman rule for centuries, with the Turkish name Narda. The Venetians occupied it in 1717, the French in 1797 and the Ottomans retook it in 1799.
The town in 1776
In 1776 the population was estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 Greeks, about 200 Turks and 200 Jews. Local products were wheat, wine, tobacco and shipbuilding timber.
Union with Greece
In 1881, under the Convention of Constantinople, Arta was annexed to the Greek Kingdom. In March 1944 the Nazis arrested most of the town's Jewish community, 384 people at the time, and deported them to extermination camps.
