Preveza, the town at the gulf mouth
The town at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf, with castles, the 1538 sea battle and the undersea tunnel.
- Distance
- About 45 minutes from Arta
- Residents
- 30,841 (municipality, 2021)
- Tunnel
- Aktio–Preveza, opened 2002
- Sea battle
- Preveza, 1538
Preveza lies on the northern peninsula at the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf and is the capital of the Preveza regional unit. The municipality had 30,841 residents in 2021. The ruins of Nikopolis are about 7 km north.
History and castles
In 1538 the Battle of Preveza was fought, in which the Ottoman fleet of Hayreddin Barbarossa defeated the combined Christian fleet of Andrea Doria. The town has the Castle of Saint Andrew (1701–1717) and Saint George's Castle (1718), while the fortresses of Laskara and Pantocrator were built in the time of Ali Pasha, in 1810. Laskara is the “twin” of the Koulia on Koronisia.
Tunnel and beaches
The Aktio–Preveza tunnel, opened in 2002, is Greece's only undersea tunnel and links Preveza with Aktio. In the area is Monolithi beach with its forest. Aktion airport also serves Lefkada.
