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Kakavia may refer to: * Kakavia (soup), a Greek fish stew * Kakavia (border crossing), a border crossing between Albania and Greece * Kakavijë Kakavijë ( sq-definite, Kakavija; el, Κακαβιά, ''Kakavia'') is a community in the Gjirokastër County, southern Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipëri ...

Kakavia (soup)
Kakavia ( el, κακαβιά) is a Greek fish soup. Its name comes from the ''kakavi'', the tripod cooking pot used by ancient Ionian fishermen.''The Essential Mediterranean Cookbook'' (Murdoch Books, 2005), p. 36. Kakavia has been described as "the most ancient of Greek fish soups", and related to lineage to the French bouillabaisse; like that stew, kakavia is made with a flexible variety of fish and is associated with fishing villages.Vilma Chantiles, ''Food of Greece: Cooking, Folkways, and Travel in the Mainland and Islands of Greece'' (Simon & Schuster, 1992), pp. 77-78. It was traditionally made from the smallest fish caught by fishermen, along with olive oil, onions, and saffron. One modern recipe calls for filleted and chunked whitefish (such as cod, goliath grouper, or snapper), prawns, fish or vegetable stock, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, olive oil, lemon juice, and a garnish of flatleaf (Italian) parsley. Another calls for three or four kinds of fish clea ...
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Kakavia (border Crossing)
The Kakavia or Kakavijë border crossing ( sq, Pika kufitare e Kakavijës) ( el, Κακαβιά) is a major road border crossing between southern Albania and northwestern Greece. On the Albanian side lies the village of Kakavijë, located in the Gjirokastër County, Dropull region. On the Greek side lies the village of Ktismata, in the Delvinaki municipality, Ioannina regional unit. The main road from Sarandë and Gjirokastër to Ioannina passes through this border crossing. The Greek National Road 22 (GR-22, European route E853) connects Kakavia with the GR-20 at Kalpaki. On August 27, 1923, the Italian general Enrico Tellini, three of his assistants, and their interpreter fell into an ambush and were assassinated by unknown assailants at Kakavia, leading to the Corfu incident The Corfu Incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and ...
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