Ambracia
Ambracia was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern Arta. It was founded by the Corinthians in 625 BC and was situated about 11 km from the Ambracian Gulf, on a bend of the navigable river Arachthos, in the midst of a fertile wooded plain.Photo: Dodos2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city in Greece
- Also known as: “Ambrakia”, “Ambrakia, Greek Bath”, and “Mint of Ambracia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Apollo and Church of the Parigoritissa.
Church of the Parigoritissa
Church
Photo: Dodos2013, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of the Parigoritissa or Paregoretissa is the 13th-century Byzantine metropolitan church of the Greek city of Arta. Part of the building used to house the Archaeological Collection of Arta. Church of the Parigoritissa is situated 250 metres south of Ambracia.
Feyzullah Mosque
Mosque
Photo: ArtaMania, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Feyzullah Mosque is a former mosque in the town of Arta, in the Epirus region of Greece. The mosque was completed in the 15th century, during the Ottoman era. Feyzullah Mosque is situated 260 metres northwest of Ambracia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arta and Vlacherna.
Arta
Arta is a town in Epirus, which draws visitors to it old, impressive stone bridge and the castle ruins in the centre of town.
Vlacherna
Village
Photo: ArtaMania, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vlacherna is a village and a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Arta, of which it is a municipal unit.
Ambracia
- Categories: ancient city, polis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipality of Arta, Arta, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Ambracia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Ambrakia”
- Arabic: “أمبراسيا”
- Armenian: “Ամբրակիա”
- Bulgarian: “Амбракиа”
- Bulgarian: “Амбракия”
- Catalan: “Ambràcia”
- Cebuano: “Ambrakia”
- Chinese: “安布拉基亚”
- Chinese: “安布拉基亞”
- Chinese: “阿姆巴西亚”
- Chinese: “阿姆巴西亞”
- Danish: “Ambrakia”
- Dutch: “Ambracia”
- Finnish: “Ambrakia”
- French: “Ambracie”
- French: “Ampracie”
- German: “Ambrakia”
- Greek: “Αμβρακία”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Αμβρακία”
- Hebrew: “אמברקיה”
- Hebrew: “אמפראקיה”
- Hungarian: “Ambracia”
- Hungarian: “Ambrakia”
- Ido: “Ambrakia”
- Italian: “Ambracia”
- Japanese: “アムブラキア”
- Japanese: “アンブラキア”
- Latin: “Ambracia”
- Polish: “Ambrakia”
- Portuguese: “Ambrácia”
- Romanian: “Ambracia”
- Russian: “Амбракия”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ambrakija”
- Spanish: “Ambracia”
- Swedish: “Ambrakia”
- Tamil: “அம்பிராசியா”
- Turkish: “Ambracia”
- Turkish: “Ambrakya”
- Ukrainian: “Амбракія”
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