Peta, Arta

Administrative Region : Epirus
Regional unit : Arta

Peta (Πέτα) Arta

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Peta is a small city known from the battle of Peta during the Greek War of Independence. The 2000 Greek fighters against a four times larger army of Kioutachis were initially successful but finally they were defeated in 4 July 1822.

History

Peta was ruled by the Ottomans with some interruption, the town was affected by the Greek War of Independence and lost their victory to become a part of Greece. The Turks recaptured the village and continued ruling the region until 1881 with a brief Greek occupation in the 1850s but it was reconquered.

Peta finally joined Greece during the liberation of the modern southeastern Arta which included most of Thessaly that ended the Ottoman Turkish rule in 1881. The tract of land northwest of Peta remained in Ottoman hands until the Balkan Wars of 1913. Its economy slowly improved.

Notable people

Nikos Rizos (1924-1999), actor

Municipal unit Peta
Municipal Community Peta
Agios Dimitrios (Άγιος Δημήτριος, ο)
Amfithea (Αμφιθέα, η)
Ano Agioi Anargyroi (Άνω Άγιοι Ανάργυροι, οι)
Kleisto (Κλειστό, το)
Neochoraki (Νεοχωράκι, το)
Peta (Πέτα, το)
Pournari (Πουρνάρι, το)
Community Markiniada
Diasella (Διασέλλα, η)
Zygos (Ζυγός, ο)
Markiniada (Μαρκινιάδα, η)
Megkla (Μέγκλα, η)
Melates (Μελάτες, αι)
Community Megarchi
Megarchi (Μεγάρχη, η)

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