Castles & Monuments in Preveza

Venetian and Ottoman castles, Ali Pasha's fortresses and landmark monuments around Preveza, from the town's three forts to Parga Castle and the Zalongo Monument.

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Pantokrator Castle

Pantokratoras, south-western tip of the Preveza peninsula, about 2.5 km from the centre
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Ali Pasha's sea fort at the mouth of the strait, with one of the very few surviving rivellino gun batteries, famous for its sunsets and now awaiting restoration.

Parga Castle

Top of the old town, Parga (about 62 km / 1 hour from Preveza)
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The Venetian castle on the rock above Parga, which held out against Ali Pasha. Free entry, a café in the old barracks and views over Parga bay and Panagia islet.

Zalongo Monument

Mount Zalongo, above Kamarina (about 29 km / 26 min from Preveza)
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The huge cliff-top monument to the Souliot women of 1803, by sculptor George Zongolopoulos, reached by 410 steps from the Monastery of Agios Dimitrios.

Castle of Agios Andreas

Preveza town centre, a few minutes' walk from the harbour
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Preveza's largest castle, in the middle of town: built by the Ottomans in 1702, enlarged by the Venetians and rebuilt by Ali Pasha in 1807–1808.

Castle of Agios Georgios

Southern edge of Preveza, by Kiani Akti beach
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Ali Pasha's fort at the southern tip of Preveza, designed by French military engineers and built in a single season in 1807 to guard the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf.

Venetian Clock Tower of Preveza

Old market street (Ethnikis Antistaseos), next to Agios Charalambos church, Preveza
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The stone clock tower of 1792 in Preveza's old market, paid for by the townspeople under the Venetians. Ali Pasha took its first bell to Ioannina.

Anthousa Castle (Ali Pasha's Castle)

Hill between Anthousa and Agia, above Parga (about 66 km / 1 hour from Preveza)
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The fortress Ali Pasha built in 1814 on a hill above Parga to threaten the Venetian town. Unfenced ruins with a big gun tower and wide views of the Ionian.

Rogoi Castle

West of Nea Kerasounta, on the Louros river (about 36 km / 40 min from Preveza)
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A Byzantine castle on a hill above the Louros river, built on the walls of ancient Bouchetion, with a 15th-century church inside. Once said to hold the relics of Saint Luke.