Archaeological Sites in Preveza

Ancient cities and sanctuaries around Preveza: Augustus' Nikopolis, Hellenistic Kassope, the Necromanteion of Acheron and the two-storey houses of Orraon.

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Ancient Nikopolis

Ancient Nikopolis, on the Preveza–Arta/Ioannina road, about 7 km (9 min) north of Preveza
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The 'City of Victory' Octavian founded after the Battle of Actium: Roman and Byzantine walls, the Nymphaeum, the Odeon and Early Christian basilicas famous for their mosaics, 7 km from Preveza.

Ancient Kassope

Near Kamarina, on Mount Zalongo (about 27 km / 25 min north of Preveza)
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A whole Hellenistic city on a mountain terrace above the Ambracian Gulf: grid streets, agora, an inn for travellers, two theatres and houses, abandoned when Nikopolis was founded.

Necromanteion of Acheron

Mesopotamos, by the Acheron (about 42 km / 35 min north of Preveza)
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The legendary Oracle of the Dead by the river Acheron, where tradition places Odysseus' journey to Hades: a Hellenistic stone complex with a vaulted underground crypt, beside Mycenaean Ephyra.

Ancient Orraon

Hill west of Ammotopos, reached via Kastri (Gorgomylos), about 56 km / 1 hour from Preveza
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A small Hellenistic town on a hilltop near Ammotopos, with the only two-storey houses from Greek antiquity still standing, some with walls up to roof level.