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Preveza is a town in north-western Greece. It is the capital of Preveza Prefecture, which is part of Epirus periphery. A new tunnel, which runs between Preveza and Aktio (see Actium), connects the town to Thesprotia and Lefkada and western Aetolia in Aetolia-Acarnania. Preveza lies near the western part of the Ambracian Gulf. The ruins of the ancient city Nicopolis lie 5 km north of the city. Preveza (Albanian: Prevezë) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος, Ípeiros), is a province or periphery in northwestern Greece, bounded by West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, by the Ambracian Gulf and the province of West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. ... Actium (mod. ... Thesprotia (Greek: Θεσπρωτία) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Lefkada, or Lefkas (Greek: Modern: Λευκάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -as) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge, as well as the islands capital city. ... The ancient Region of Aetolia, Greece This article is about the ancient Greek region Aetolia. ... Aetolia-Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία, Aitoloakarnanía, also Aetoloacarnania) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... The Ambracian Gulf, as seen from the Space Shuttle in November 1994. ... Nicopolis (meaning in Greek: city of victory; see also List of traditional Greek place names) or Actia Nicopolis was an ancient city of Epirus, founded 31 BC by Octavian in memory of his victory over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium. ...


External links

  • http://www.preveza.gr/ (in Greek
  • http://www.prevezanet.gr/
Epirus:

Arta | Ioannina | Preveza | Thesprotia | Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος, Ípeiros), is a province or periphery in northwestern Greece, bounded by West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, by the Ambracian Gulf and the province of West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. ... Arta (Greek: Άρτα, Albanian: Artë)is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ... Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα) is a prefecture of Greece, part of the north-western periphery of Epirus. ... Thesprotia (Greek: Θεσπρωτία) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ...

Municipalities of Preveza
Anogio | Fanari | Filippiada | Louros | Parga | Preveza | Thesprotiko | Zalongo
Provinces of Preveza
Nikopoli and Parga
Non municipal communes of Preveza
Kranea

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PREVEZA MARINE - Yacht - berthing boatyard in W. Greece - Yacht services (182 words)
Preveza Marine "Ionion" (the former Preveza Marine company) is a yacht centre, holding 270 boats centrally located on the western Greek coast of the Ionian sea; the finest cruising ground in the entire Mediterranean.
The yard is located at the mouth of the Amvracicos Gulf on a land of 40,000 sqm, across the estuary from Preveza town, a regional centre and port whose population is about 18,000.
Preveza Marine is placed on a private land, fenced, leveled and securityguarded.
Douzelage.org: Preveza (GR) (433 words)
Preveza is the capital of the prefecture under the same name.
The area of Preveza town is characterized as rural with agricultural specilization.
Throughout it's history, Preveza has always been a cross-road between the land and the sea, between the east and the west; thus the name Preveza is the perfect one for the town (Preveza=passage, passing).
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