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St. George's Castle (Preveza)

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St. George's Castle (; , or Hizir kalesi) is an Ottoman fortification located in the city of Preveza, northwestern Greece. It was built in 1807, during the rule of Ali Pasha of Ioannina over the region (1806-1820), and it was constructed on plans drawn by the French engineer Frédéric François Guillaume de Vaudoncourt (1772-1845).Nikos D. Karabelas, The fortifications of a strategic Passage [in Greek with English abstract], Prevezanika Chronika 53-54, Preveza, 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

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