Prosfygika Stadium
Prosfygika Stadium is a football stadium in Patras, Greece. It is named after its first refugees that arrived from Asia Minor in 1922, a region now part of Turkey, following the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle of Patra and Pampeloponnisiako Stadium.
Castle of Patra
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 Panachaiko Mountain and ca. Castle of Patra is situated 1¼ km north of Prosfygika Stadium.
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Iaberis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium is a stadium located in Patras, Greece. It was built in 1981 and was originally known as the National Stadium of Patras. In 2002, reconstruction works began and it reopened on 8 August 2004, just in time to host football matches for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Pampeloponnisiako Stadium is situated 1½ km southeast of Prosfygika Stadium.
St. Andrew
Church
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 Greece. St. Andrew is situated 1½ km northwest of Prosfygika Stadium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drosia and Prosfigika.
Drosia
Neighborhood
Drosia is a neighbourhood in the city of Patras, Greece, 3 km east-southeast of downtown.
Prosfigika
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.
Agia Ekaterini
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.
Prosfygika Stadium
- Type: Sports venue
- Description: sports field in Patras, Greece
- Categories: stadium, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Patras, Achaea, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
38.2336° or 38° 14′ 1″ northLongitude
21.74177° or 21° 44′ 30″ eastOpen location code
8GC36PMR+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 32305318OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centreWikidata ID
Q7250604
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In Other Languages
“Prosfygika Stadium” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Γήπεδο Προσφυγικών”
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