Peta () is a town and a former municipality in the Arta regional unit,

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, northwestern

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. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 105.571 km². Peta is located north of

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, northeast of Arta, south-southeast of

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and east of

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. The

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River and its reservoir lies to the northwest.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Peta is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Peta (Peta, Agios Dimitrios, Amfithea, Ano Agioi Anargyroi, Kleisto, Neochoraki, Pournari) *Markiniada (Markiniada, Diasella, Zygos, Megkla, Melates) *Megarchi

Population

History

The

battle of Peta The Battle of Peta or Battle of Petta was fought between the Greeks (with Philhellenes) led by Alexandros Mavrokordatos with Markos Botsaris and the Ottomans led by Omer Vrioni on 16 July 1822 (4 July Julian calendar). The conflict occurred on ...

took place in 1822 during the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

. The Ottoman ruled the region until 1881. The tract of land northwest of Peta remained in Ottoman hands until the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans, Balkan states in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan states of Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg), Greece, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia, Kingdom of Montenegro, M ...

of 1913. Its economy slowly improved. The Battle of Peta is a milestone in the history of Europe, because for the first time European citizens from many different countries, who had been hostile to each other until then, came together to fight under the same flag for the same common values that make up the European civilisation. They are called

Philhellenes Philhellenism ("the love of Greek culture") was an intellectual movement prominent mostly at the turn of the 19th century. It contributed to the sentiments that led Europeans such as Lord Byron, Charles Nicolas Fabvier and Richard Church to a ...

(meaning: friends of Greeks).

Notable people

Nikos Rizos Nikos Rizos (; 30 September 1924, in Peta, Arta, Peta – 20 April 1999, in Athens) was a Greece, Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. Career Rizos began his career with ''Anthropoi, anthropoi'' in 1948 at the Metropoli ...

(1924–1999), actor

Monuments

A memorial monument of the Battle of Peta is located on a cliff. The Holy Church of Saint George was built in 1850 and has been characterized as a protected monument.

References

{{Nikolaos Skoufas div Populated places in Arta (regional unit) Nikolaos Skoufas (municipality)