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See also:PREVEZA, or PREVESA , a seaport of See also:Albania, See also:European See also:Turkey, in the vilayet of See also:Iannina; at the entrance to the Gulf of See also:Arta, an inlet of the Ionian See also:Sea . Pop . (1905), 6500, of whom about four-fifths are See also:Christian Albanians or Greeks, and one-fifth Moslems . The See also:town is surrounded by dense See also:olive groves, and most of its houses stand in their own gardens . The See also:harbour is small, and closed to large vessels by a See also:bar of See also:sand; but it is a See also:port of See also:call for the See also:Austrian See also:Lloyd steamers, and annually accommodates about 1500 small vessels, the See also:majority of which are engaged in the See also:coasting See also:trade . See also:Preveza exports See also:dairy produce, valonia, hides and See also:wool, See also:olives and olive oil . The yearly value of its trade varies from about £70,000 to £8o,000 . About 3 M. See also:north are the ruins of See also:Nicopolis (q.v.) . |
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