Actium
Actium or Aktion was a town on a promontory in ancient Acarnania at the entrance of the Ambraciot Gulf, off which Octavian gained his celebrated victory, the Battle of Actium, over Antony and Cleopatra, on September 2, 31 BC.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: cape with ancient Apollo sanctuary in western Greece
- Also known as: “Actium Prom.”, “Actium Promontory”, “Akra Akri”, “Akri”, “Akri Point”, “Akri Pt.”, “Aktio”, “Aktion”, “C. Action”, “C. Actium”, “C. Akri”, “C. Aktion”, “C. Figalo”, “Cape Action”, “Cape Actium”, “Cape Akri”, “Cape Aktion”, “Cape Figalo”, “Figalo”, “La Punta”, “Point Actium”, and “Punta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Preveza Airport and Castle of Saint George.
Preveza Airport
Aerodrome
Aktion National Airport is an airport serving Preveza and Lefkada in Greece. It is also known as Preveza Airport. It is also used by NATO and Hellenic Air Force Command. The airport commenced operations in 1968.
Castle of Saint George
Castle
Photo: Frédéric Boissonnas, Public domain.
St. George's Castle is an Ottoman fortification located in the city of Preveza, northwestern Greece. It was built in 1807, during the rule of Ali Pasha of Ioannina over the region, and it was constructed on plans drawn by the French engineer Frédéric François Guillaume de Vaudoncourt.
Pantocrator Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pantocrator Castle is situated 2½ km west of Actium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Preveza and Aktio.
Preveza
Photo: Harrygouvas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Preveza is a town in Epirus with a charming location, a beautiful promenade, some remarkable fortifications, and the harbour.
Aktio
Hamlet
Photo: Spiros Baracos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aktio is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Actium.
Agios Thomas
Village
Agios Thomas is a coastal settlement at the southernmost tip of the prefecture of Preveza in Greece. It is approximately 6 km and is set in an agricultural area, but also has a busy harbour. Agios Thomas is situated 4 km northeast of Actium.
Actium
- Categories: cape, headland, and landform
- Location: West Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Actium” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكتيوم”
- Azerbaijani: “Aksi”
- Belarusian: “Акра”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Акра”
- Bulgarian: “Акциум”
- Catalan: “Àccio”
- Catalan: “Accium”
- Catalan: “Àccium”
- Catalan: “Actium”
- Catalan: “Aktios”
- Cebuano: “Áktion”
- Chinese: “亚克兴角”
- Chinese: “亞克興角”
- Chinese: “阿克提烏姆”
- Croatian: “Akcij”
- Danish: “Actium”
- Dutch: “Actium”
- Dutch: “Aktion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اكتيوم”
- Finnish: “Actium”
- Finnish: “Áktio”
- French: “Actium”
- French: “Aktio”
- French: “Áktio”
- French: “Poúnta”
- French: “promontoire d’Actium”
- French: “Punta”
- Galician: “Accio”
- Galician: “Actium”
- German: “Actium”
- German: “Aktia”
- German: “Aktio”
- Greek: “Άκρι”
- Greek: “Άκτιο”
- Greek: “Άκτιον”
- Hungarian: “Actium”
- Indonesian: “Aktion”
- Irish: “Actium”
- Irish: “Aictiam”
- Italian: “Azio”
- Japanese: “アクティウム”
- Latin: “Actium”
- Neapolitan: “Azio”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Actium”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aktion”
- Norwegian: “Actium”
- Polish: “Actium”
- Polish: “Akcjum”
- Polish: “Aktion”
- Portuguese: “Áccio”
- Portuguese: “Âccio”
- Portuguese: “Ácio”
- Portuguese: “Actium”
- Romanian: “Actium”
- Russian: “Актий”
- Russian: “Актион”
- Russian: “Акций”
- Russian: “Акциум”
- Russian: “Ла-Пунта”
- Russian: “Пунта”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akcij”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akcijum”
- Slovak: “Actium”
- Spanish: “Accio”
- Swedish: “Actium”
- Swedish: “Aktion, Grekland”
- Swedish: “Aktion”
- Tamil: “ஆக்டியம்”
- Ukrainian: “Актій”
- Ukrainian: “Акцій”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Акцій”
- Ukrainian: “Пунта”
- Vietnamese: “Actium”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pantokratoras and Psathaki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Áktion and Stenó Prevézis.
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