Anthousa ( el, Ανθούσα), known before 1927 as Rapeza ( el, Ράπεζα, links=no; sq, Rapëza), is a village in the Preveza regional unit of

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, in western

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. In 2011 its population was 621 for the village and 677 for the community, which includes the village Trikorfo. Anthousa is in the municipality of

Parga Parga ( el, Πάργα ) is a town and municipality located in the northwestern part of the regional unit of Preveza in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kanallaki. Parga lies on the Ionian coast between the ...

. Anthousa is situated 3 km northwest of the town Parga, under a Turkish castle on a hill, attributed to

Ali Pasha Ali Pasha was the name of numerous Ottoman pashas named Ali. It is most commonly used to refer to Ali Pasha of Ioannina. People * Çandarlı Ali Pasha (died 1406), Ottoman grand vizier (1387–1406) * Hadım Ali Pasha (died 1511), Ottoman grand v ...

. Remains and coins of the ancient city of Elaia have been found near the village.

History

Tombs of the Hellenistic and Roman era have been unearthed in the area of the municipal unit of Anthousa. In the 12th century the monastery of Virgin Mary of

Vlacherna Vlacherna ( el, Βλαχέρνα) is a village and a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the south ...

was erected. Traces of a Venetian garrison are also visible. At the beginning of 19th century the Ottoman ruler

built a castle over Anthousa in order to plan a siege against nearby

. Anthousa was one of the Christian

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-speaking villages, which either due to the absence of Greek or for reasons of demographic importance, would see Greek education expanded through measures such as the establishment of kindergartens.Baltsiotis. ''The Muslim Chams of Northwestern Greece''. 2011. "Parallel measures were taken at the same time regarding the language in Christian Albanian speaking villages. The most important and easily confirmed measure consisted of opening kindergartens in villages selected either by the absence of knowledge of Greek or by their demographic importance. According to a 1931 document, these villages included Aghia, Anthoussa, Eleftheri Kanallaki, Narkissos, Psakka, Aghios Vlassios, Kastri (Dagh) and Draghani." In Anthousa and also

Kanallaki Kanallaki (, ) is a settlement in the regional unit of Preveza, Epirus. It belongs to the municipality of Parga and is simultaneous the seat of it. The number of inhabitants of the town amounts to 2,491. History Kanallaki was one of the Christia ...

, the closest existing variants of Souliotic Albanian are spoken. This dialect is spoken only by few people in modern times.

Population

References

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External links

Anthousa GTP Travel Pages
{{Parga Populated places in Preveza (regional unit) Albanian communities in Greece