Kakavia (border crossing)

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The Kakavia or Kakavijë border crossing ( sq, Pika kufitare e Kakavijës) ( el, Κακαβιά) is a major road

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between southern

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and northwestern

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. On the Albanian side lies the village of Kakavijë, located in the Gjirokastër County,

Dropull Dropull ( sq-definite, Dropulli; el, Δρόπολη or Δερόπολη ''Dropoli'' or ''Deropoli'') is a municipality in Gjirokastër County, in southern Albania. The region stretches from south of the city of Gjirokastër to the Greek–Albania ...

region. On the

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side lies the village of Ktismata, in the

Delvinaki Delvinaki ( el, Δελβινάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an a ...

municipality, Ioannina regional unit. The main road from

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and

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to Ioannina passes through this border crossing. The Greek National Road 22 (GR-22, European route E853) connects Kakavia with the GR-20 at

Kalpaki Kalpaki ( el, Καλπάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated about northwest o ...

. On August 27, 1923, the Italian general

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, three of his assistants, and their interpreter fell into an ambush and were assassinated by unknown assailants at Kakavia, leading to the

Corfu incident The Corfu Incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and Greece was murdered in Greek territory along w ...

. {{coord, 39.9125, 20.3581, display=title Albania–Greece border crossings