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Louros is a village in
Preveza. It is located in the Louros
fertile Lamari valley, right in
the middle of the Arta -
Preveza highway. This valley
is near the mouth of the river
Louros and it is surrounded themand knit them to made in 1670 by the Turkish appeared in the area in 1779
by the mountains Valaora makehutswhere they could traveller EvligiaTselepi. It and found the "Greek
and Zaloggo. Some types of stay in the old village near the was conquered by Ali Pasa in School", while RigasFeraios
bushes called ‘’loures’’grow river. The village was named 1797, despite the strong in his "Charta" calledLouros a
on the banks of the river after these bushes: Louros:a resistance of the inhabitants. castle.
Louros. village with houses made of It was liberated much later by In the 50's, the
These bushes could easily “loures”. the Greek army on October development of the village in
be bent , this is why the Historically, the first 16, 1912. It is also reported the agricultural and livestock
inhabitants used to cut reference to the village was that KosmasAitolos sector started slowly. In