Preveza (grc)

Preveza

Preveza ranks 14,187th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bracknell, Mukdahan province, and Attica. The most famous people from Preveza are Athanasia Tsoumeleka, and Despina Papamichail. The most famous people who died in Preveza are Kostas Karyotakis. Preveza has been the birth place of many athletes, and tennis players and the death place of many writers. Preveza is located in Greece.

Preveza is a city in the region of Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the regional unit of Preveza, which is the southern part of the region of Epirus. The Aktio-Preveza Immersed Tunnel –the first, and so far only, undersea tunnel in Greece– was completed in 2002. The 1,570 m (5,150 ft) long immersed tunnel connects Preveza in the north, to Aktio of western Acarnania to the south. The ruins of the ancient city of Nicopolis lie 7 kilometres north of Preveza. Read more on Wikipedia