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'''Arta''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Άρτα) is a city in north-western [[Greece]], capital of the [[Arta prefecture]] of [[Epirus]]. Its population was 21,286 in 1991 and 21,642 in 2001.

==History==
Arta was built on the site of ancient [[Ambrakia]] a Dorian stronghold. Ambrakia did not participate in the [[Trojan War]] which was mostly an [[Ionia]]n affair. In 625 BC, Corinthians conquered and settled the city.
Ambrakia participated in the naval [[Battle of Salamis]] with 5 ships and in the [[Battle of Plataea]] with 500 [[hoplites]].

In 295 BC Ambrakia became part of the Kingdom of Epirus of which it soon was made the capital by King [[Pyrrhos]]. The Romans conquered and looted the city in 189 BC.

In the 11th Century AD, Epirotes built upon the ruins of Ambrakia naming their city Arta.
It became the capital of the [[Despotate of Epirus]] in [[1204]]. In 1449 the city surrendered to the Ottoman Turks who ruled it until [[1881]] when it became part of Greece.

==Sporting teams==

*[[Anagennisis Artas FC]]

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 ==History==
-Arta was built on the site of ancient [[Ambrakia]] a Dorian stronghold. Ambrakia did not participate in the [[Trojan War]] which was mostly an [[Ionia]]n affair. In 625 BC, Corinthians conquered and settled the city.
+Arta was built on the site of ancient [[Ambrakia]] a Dorian stronghold. Ambrakia did not participate in the [[Trojan War]] which was mostly an [[Ionia]]n affair. In 625 BC, [[Corinth]]ians conquered and settled the city.
 Ambrakia participated in the naval [[Battle of Salamis]] with 5 ships and in the [[Battle of Plataea]] with 500 [[hoplites]].
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 In the 11th Century AD, Epirotes built upon the ruins of Ambrakia naming their city Arta.
-It became the capital of the [[Despotate of Epirus]] in [[1204]]. In 1449 the city surrendered to the Ottoman Turks who ruled it until [[1881]] when it became part of Greece.
+It became the capital of the [[Despotate of Epirus]] in [[1204]]. In [[1449]] the city surrendered to the Ottoman Turks who ruled it until [[1881]] when it became part of Greece.
 ==Sporting teams==
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 [[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
 [[Category:Greek prefectural capitals]]