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Photo: Giuseppe Longhi ( fl. 1650-1710) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ottoman fortification at the mouth of the gulf of Arta
The castle of Bouka was the first major Ottoman fortification of Preveza, in northwestern Greece. It was constructed by the Ottomans in 1478, in order to control the straits of the Ambracian Gulf. During its life it underwent several improvements by the Ottomans and one by the Venetians, after they conquered it in 1684. In 1701, the Venetians blew the castle up before they handed Preveza over to the Ottomans, according to the terms of the Treaty of Karlowitz. The castle of Bouka was standing upon the site which today is called "Paliosaraga". The summer seraglio of Ali Pasha of Yannina was built on the castle's remains, during the early 1810s.
