Ιστορικές φωτογραφίες λιμανιών τού Αμβρακικού

[Nicholas Peppas]

In another section of this site I had the opportunity to discuss special routes that was serving Amfilohia about 100 years ago! Amfilohia was also known as Karvasaras, from a paraphrase of the Turkish name Caravan Serai that is "caravan station". Karvasaras was renamed to Amfilohia in 1907.

Here Amfilohia in 1975 and ... now

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It is fascinating to read the schedule of one of those 1909 ships running the route Piraeus-Karvasaras for Werft Lines of Syros!

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With departure every Thursday at 8:00 pm, the unknown passenger had the following calls: Corinth (1:00 am Friday), Itea (7:00 am), Naupaktos, Aegion, Patras (4;00 pm). Then departure on Saturday at 5:00 am, Ithaca (noon), Leukas (Sunday morning), Preveza, Koprena (Arta) and Karvasaras (Sunday afternoon)!!! Now, youngsters will ask why by boat. Because in 1908 there was simply no road connection between Athens and Aetoloakarnania.

[Nicholas Peppas]

28810Reading the fascinating schedule of one of those 1909 ships running the route Piraeus-Karvasaras for Werft Lines of Syros, one falls upon a major question.

Piraeus, Corinth, Itea, Naupaktos, Aegion, Patras, Ithaca, Leukas, Preveza, Koprena (WHAT?) and Karvasaras!!!

Koprena? What is this? Well Koprena was the port of Arta in those distant days!!! Koprena was built on 1896 and was the first harbor of Epirus, since Preveza was still under Turkish occupation, while Arta had been set free since 1881. The harbor of Koprena was operational until 1945. The name originated from the layer of animals' manure that pastured the earth. These days, the place is better kwown by the more euphonic name Aliki.

The map below gives a good idea of the location of the place

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I have collected two pictures of the area from the last 30 years.

First, here is the lighthouse of Koprena in a 1988 photograph.

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And then, here is the only small wharf for small boats...

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[Nicholas Peppas]

Amfilohia in 1978
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A photograph of Amfilohia in 1961 from Leonidas Kouvaris' Nea Eikonografimeni Geografia Atlas tis Ellados (New Illustrated Geography and Atlas of Greece, Spyropouloi Bros and Koumandareas, publishers, Panepistimiou 44, Athens
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[Nicholas Peppas]

Vonitsa was another port of call of the Western Akarnania-Amvrakikos route... Here is a 1961 photograph from the L. Kouvaris Encyclopedia and Atlas of Greece

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One more photo of Vonitsa from the same period
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[Nicholas Peppas]

Above I had the opportunity to talk about Kopraina, the very old port of call for Arta! You could find schedules with passenger ship stops in Kopraina as late as 1950... Here is the site in 2002
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[τοξοτης]

Ποιό είναι το παρακάτω πλοίο στη Βόνιτσα ??

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http://vonitsanea.blogspot.gr/2016/03/50.html

[Nicholas Peppas]

Ποιό είναι το παρακάτω πλοίο στη Βόνιτσα ??

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http://vonitsanea.blogspot.gr/2016/03/50.html

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Θαλης ο Μιλησιος
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Ευχαριστώ πολύ

[Nicholas Peppas]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ

Νασαι καλα και καλη χρονια.