Peloponnese
West Greece
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Patras

Patras is the third largest city of , after and . It is the capital of the Prefecture of on the and the western gateway into the country, thanks to numerous ferry connections with Italy.
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  • Type: City with 300,000 residents
  • Description: city in Greece
  • Also known as: “Patra”, “Patrae”, “Patrai”, “Pátrai”, and “Patrasse”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle of Patra and St. Andrew.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Patras Castle was built around the mid-6th century AD above the ruins of the ancient acropolis of the city of Patras, on a low outlying hill of the Mountain and ca.

Church
Photo: Kostas94, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral of Saint Andrew also called Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew or simply Hagios Andreas is a Greek Orthodox basilica in the west side of the city center of Patras in .

Theater building
Photo: Conudrum, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Apollon Theatre is a theatre in Patras, Greece. Designed by the famous architect Ernst Ziller, it was completed in 1872. The Apollon is located east of , one of Patras' popular squares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prosfigika and Agia Sofia.

Quarter
Prosfygika is a neighbourhood in the southern Greek city of Patras. It was founded in 1922 as displaced persons from Asia Minor arrived in the city after the 1919–1922 Greco-Turkish War and the subsequent population exchange between Greece and Turkey.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood that lies directly north of the centre of Patras, . It takes its name from the church, which is the main church of the neighbourhood.

Neighborhood
Photo: Tony Esopi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Agia Aikaterini, or alternative Gyftika, is a neighbourhood in the east-central part of the city of Patras, located 2 km from the downtown core. The origin of the name comes from the time of Venetian occupation of Patras.

Patras

Latitude
38.2462° or 38° 14′ 47″ north
Longitude
21.7351° or 21° 44′ 6″ east
Population
300,000
Elevation
52 metres (171 feet)
United Nations Location Code
GR GPA
Open location code
8GC36PWP+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 62221032
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
255683
Wiki­data ID
Q133123
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Patras” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Patra”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Πάτραι”
  • Arabic: “باتراس”
  • Arabic: “باتراي”
  • Arabic: “باتري، أهيا”
  • Arabic: “بتراس”
  • Arabic: “بطراس”
  • Aragonese: “Patras”
  • Armenian: “Պատրաս”
  • Asturian: “Patras”
  • Azerbaijani: “Patras”
  • Basque: “Pátra”
  • Basque: “Pátrai”
  • Basque: “Patras”
  • Belarusian: “Патрас”
  • Belarusian: “Патры”
  • Bengali: “পাত্রা”
  • Breton: “Patra”
  • Bulgarian: “Патра”
  • Bulgarian: “Патрас”
  • Catalan: “Baliabadra”
  • Catalan: “Patra”
  • Catalan: “Patrae”
  • Catalan: “Patras”
  • Catalan: “Patres”
  • Cebuano: “Pátra”
  • Chechen: “Патраш”
  • Chinese: “帕特拉斯”
  • Chinese: “帕特雷”
  • Croatian: “Patras”
  • Czech: “Patra”
  • Czech: “Pátra”
  • Czech: “Patrae”
  • Czech: “Patrai”
  • Czech: “Patras”
  • Czech: “Patry”
  • Danish: “Patrai”
  • Danish: “Patras”
  • Dutch: “Patras”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باتراس”
  • Esperanto: “Patras”
  • Esperanto: “Patraso”
  • Estonian: “Patra”
  • Estonian: “Pátra”
  • Estonian: “Patras”
  • Finnish: “Patras”
  • French: “Pátra”
  • French: “Patras”
  • Galician: “Patras”
  • Georgian: “პატრა”
  • German: “Patra”
  • German: “Patrai”
  • German: “Patras”
  • Greek: “Παλαιά Πάτρα”
  • Greek: “Πάτρα”
  • Greek: “Πάτραι”
  • Gujarati: “પાટ્રસ”
  • Hebrew: “פטראס”
  • Hebrew: “פטרס”
  • Hindi: “पैट्राई”
  • Hungarian: “Pátra”
  • Icelandic: “Patras”
  • Ido: “Patras”
  • Indonesian: “Patrai”
  • Indonesian: “Patras”
  • Interlingue: “Patras”
  • Irish: “Patras”
  • Italian: “Patrae”
  • Italian: “Patras”
  • Italian: “Patrasso”
  • Italian: “Patre”
  • Japanese: “パートレ”
  • Japanese: “パトラ”
  • Japanese: “パトライ”
  • Japanese: “パトラス”
  • Kannada: “ಪತ್ರಾಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Патры”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Патррез”
  • Korean: “파트라”
  • Korean: “파트라스”
  • Korean: “파트라이”
  • Korean: “파트레”
  • Latin: “Ares Patrensis”
  • Latin: “Patrae”
  • Latvian: “Patra”
  • Latvian: “Patras”
  • Limburgan: “Patras”
  • Lithuanian: “Patrai”
  • Lithuanian: “Patras”
  • Lombard: “Patrass”
  • Lombard: “Patràss”
  • Luxembourgish: “Patras”
  • Macedonian: “Патра”
  • Malagasy: “Patrasy”
  • Malay: “Patras”
  • Maltese: “Patras”
  • Marathi: “पात्रा”
  • Moksha: “Патра”
  • Mongolian: “Патра”
  • Nepali: “पात्रास”
  • Northern Frisian: “Patras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Patra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pátra”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Patras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pátra”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Patrai”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Patras”
  • Norwegian: “Patras”
  • Ossetian: “Патрæтæ”
  • Ossetian: “Патры”
  • Persian: “پاتراس”
  • Polish: “Patra”
  • Polish: “Pátra”
  • Polish: “Patrai”
  • Polish: “Patras”
  • Portuguese: “Patras”
  • Portuguese: “Pátras”
  • Romanian: “Patras”
  • Russian: “Патрас”
  • Russian: “Патры”
  • Scots: “Patras”
  • Serbian: “Patra”
  • Serbian: “Патра”
  • Serbian: “Патрас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Patrae”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Patras”
  • Sicilian: “Patrassu”
  • Silesian: “Patras”
  • Sinhala: “පත්‍රාස්”
  • Slovak: “Patra”
  • Slovenian: “Patras”
  • Spanish: “Patras”
  • Spanish: “Patrás”
  • Spanish: “Πάτρα”
  • Swedish: “Patra”
  • Swedish: “Patras”
  • Tajik: “Патрас”
  • Tamil: “பட்ரஸ்”
  • Telugu: “ప్యాట్రస్”
  • Thai: “ปาทรัส”
  • Thai: “เพทรัส”
  • Turkish: “Patra”
  • Turkish: “Patras”
  • Ukrainian: “Патра”
  • Ukrainian: “Патри”
  • Urdu: “پاتراس”
  • Uzbek: “Patra”
  • Uzbek: “Patri”
  • Venetian: “Patraso”
  • Venetian: “Patrasso”
  • Veps: “Patrad”
  • Vietnamese: “Patras”
  • Volapük: “Patra”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Patras”
  • Welsh: “Patras”
  • Western Armenian: “Բաթրա”
  • Western Armenian: “Փաթրա”
  • Wu Chinese: “帕特雷”
  • Yoruba: “Patras”
  • Yue Chinese: “帕特雷”
  • “Pátra”

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