Kravara (Greek: Κράβαρα) is a historical socio-cultural mountain region[1] in Aetolia-Acarnania, central Greece. It covers the northernmost part of the Nafpaktia Mountains, as well as parts of Thermo.
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The name appears for the first time in Ottoman times, as the Land of Kravari (Ottoman Turkish: Kravari Ili), part of the Sanjak of Tirhala, in a cadaster dated to 1454/55.[2]
To the west of Kravara is the historical region of Apokouros in Panaitoliko,[3] coinciding with the modern municipality of Thermo, and further west in the Acarnanian Mountains was medieval Little Vlachia.
The Varnakova monastery is located in Kravara.[4]
Culture
editAs per the traditions of Kravarite, the mulberry trees found in Perista were planted by Jews in the 17th century.[5]
References
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- ^ François Pouqueville, Voyage de la Grèce, t. 4, Paris, Firmin Didot, 530 p., chap. VII, p. 31–33.
- ^ Τα Κράβαρα και οι Κραβαρίτες
- ^ [1].
- ^ THE HISTORY OF THE MONASTERY OF VARNAKOVA
- ^ Leigh Fermor, Patrick (1958). Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese. Harper. p. 9. ISBN 9781590171882.