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Preveza (Municipality, Greece)

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Presentation of Preveza
Former municipality of Louros
Former municipality of Zalongo

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Presentation of Preveza

The municipality of Preveza (31,733 inhabitants in 2011; 38,160 ha) was formed in the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the former municipalities of Louros (Λούρος, 5,270 inh.), Preveza (22,853 inh.), and Zalongo (Ζάλογγο, 5,043 inh.).

Olivier Touzeau, 1 October 2013

Former municipality of Louros

Former flag of Louros - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 5 May 2014

The town and municipal unit are named after river Louros. Its flag (Kokkonis website) was white with the municipal emblem.

Olivier Touzeau, 5 May 2014

Former municipality of Zalongo

Former flag of Zalongo - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 1 October 2013

The seat of the municipality of Zalongo was in Kanali (Κανάλι). Nearby is the 18th century Zalongo Monastery, immortalized by the defiant mass suicide of a group of Souliot women in 1803. During the Souliot War in December 1803, the Souliotes began evacuating Souli after their defeat by the forces of the local Ottoman-Albanian ruler, Ali Pasha. During the evacuation, a small group of Souliot women and their children were trapped by Ali Pasha's troops in the mountains of Zalongo. In order to avoid capture and enslavement, the women threw their children first and then themselves off a steep cliff, committing suicide. According to the legend, they jumped down the precipice one after the other while singing and dancing.

The former flag of Zalongo (Kokkonis website) was white with the municipality's emblem and its name beneath. The emblem features the monument commemorating the suicide of the Souliot women, on the cliff above the sea.

Olivier Touzeau, 1 October 2013