Preveza – Shaitan Bazaar, The famous street of the city
Satan or Seitan Pazar (Devil's Bargain) is the pedestrian street in the historic center of Preveza, part of Christou Kontou Street, near the church of St. Charalambous.
Paved, bustling, drowned in bougainvillea and lights, full of shops and tables outside, είναι το πιο παραδοσιακό δρομάκι της πόλης. You will come for coffee, food in ouzories (top the sardine and the Amvrakikos shrimp, known as gambari), shopping, ride.
It got the name Shaitan Pazar during the Turkish occupation, from a Turk, city manager, who was cruel and violent. According to the inscription placed by the Municipality one evening, at that time, the inhabitants covered the cobblestones with soap and the next morning when the commander passed, on his horse, it slipped, fell and exclaimed "Shaitan Pazar" (Devil's market).
Mural painting in Shaitan Bazaar
the house in which he lived for 32 days the poet Kostas Karyotakis
At Shaitan Bazaar, at the house on Christou Kontou street, stayed them 32 ημέρες της παραμονής του στην Πρέβεζα, the poet Kostas Karyotakis (Tripoli, 1896 – Preveza, 1928), από 18-6-28 up to 21-7-28 (ημερομηνία αυτοκτονίας του). in Dardanelles Square, very close to home, a bronze bust of the poet has been placed.
