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Arta is one of the fifty-one prefectures
of Greece. It is within the Epirus periphery. It is also the capital with the same
name, and was the capital of the Despotate of Epirus in the
Middle Ages. The location is north of the Ambracian Gulf. Mountains surround
the northeast with only one road linking into the Peneus and Thessaly, and low-land agricultural plains to its west.
The famous landmark which is over the Aous
river is Arta's Old
Bridge on its west side. The second famous is the ancient buildings. The downtown to its north is suurounded by a state highway.
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