between the west Europeans to the Holy Land.
In addition, its position was useful for the defence of Etolia –on the north coast of the Corinth bay. Going ahead in time, the historian Procopius mentions the castle of Nafpaktos in the 6th century.
In the 8th and 9th century, the city suffered various Slavic raids. Then, after the early 10th century it became a ‘theme’ –an administrative unit of the Byzantine Empire- of Nikopolis. |
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to be ruled by the Venetians and was recorded as ‘Nepanto’ or ‘Lepanto’ on their documents, a name that became very popular for this site, due to the famous battle.
However, in the 13th century the city was ceded to the founder of the Epirus Michael A’Doukas Komnenos.
During this same century, he offered Nafpaktos to Philip A’ of Taras, the fiancé of his daughter as a marriage portion.
The following century, the control of the city passed to the Albanians, while in the last decades the ruling of Nafpaktos varied according to the constant confrontations between Venetians, Albanians and Ottomans. |
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many heroes acted there. In fact, the statue of Anemogiannis, a Revolution personality, stands today in the port of Nafpaktos.
Finally, in 1829, Nafpaktos got its freedom and got included on the legally established Greek State. In our days, the small port of Nafpaktos is still remarkable for its beauty and the Castle stands proudly above the town to remind of past times. |
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