Nafpaktos
Sign in to saveNafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Ναυπάκτου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 13,415
- Timezone
- Europe/Athens
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Key facts
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- Clockwise from top right: Old Port of Naupactus, Nafpaktos' Port Fortifications, Old Houses with Fethiye Mosque in the back, Botsaris Tower Museum, Giorgos Anemogiannis Statue in the Port Fortifications, Miguel de Cervantes Statue, Venetian Fortress of Lepanto
- Greek Dimos.elevation_min
- 0
- Greek Dimos.elevation_max
- 15
- Greek Dimos.periph
- West Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Aetolia-Akarnania
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Nafpaktia
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 17154
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 159.9
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 12950
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 303 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Demonym
- lepantini
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- +13415
- Elevation
- +15
- Capital of
- Nafpaktia Municipality
- Official website
- www.nafpaktos.gr
- Image
- Nafpaktos old port.JPG
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- Medieval and early modern history
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- Ecclesiastical history
- Residents
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- Historical population
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- Television
- Notable people
- Gallery
- International relations
- Sports teams
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Nafpaktos () or Naupactus, is a town and a former municipality in Nafpaktia, Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, situated on a bay on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, west of the mouth of the river Mornos.
It is named for Naupaktos (, Latinized as Naupactus), an important Athenian naval station in the Peloponnesian War. As a strategically crucial possession controlling access to the Gulf of Corinth, Naupaktos changed hands many times during the Crusades and the Ottoman–Venetian Wars. It was under Venetian control in the 15th century, and came to be known by the Venetian form of its name, Lepanto. It fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1499 and was used as a naval station by the Ottoman Navy in the 16th century, being the site of the decisive victory by the Holy League in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Except for a brief period of Venetian control in 1687–1699, Lepanto remained under Ottoman control until Greek independence in 1829.