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GREECE
The City of Patras
Population
Municipalities
213,984
inhabitans
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Patras
Regional Capital of Western Greece
Area
11,350 km
Population
740,505
inhabitants
Municipalities
19
Geophysical Characteristics
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Mild, wet winters with an average low of 7.7 C
Hot, dry summers with an average high of 29.8 C
Pleasent springs and autumns
An average of 279 sunny days annually
PATRAS HISTORY
Neoletic period
6500-3200 BC
Bronze Age
3200-1050 BC
Ancient historical
times
1050 BC-324 AD
The Archaeological
Museum
The Achaean League
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Common judical system
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Common currency
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Common weights and units
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Common annual assembly
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Common political and
military leadership
Parallel to the existing local
governments
CAAP
Colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis
Roman Monuments
The Roman Amphitheatre 1st century AD/partly excavated
Nympheon
The Aqueduct 6,5km long ,parts of it still stand
The Bridge of Milichos dated from 114 AD
The
The Roman Odeon
THE CASTLE OF PATRAS
Through the ages, the castle was :
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besieged by Slaves, Bulgarian, Normans, Saracens ,
1205 conquered and reconstructed by the Franks ,
1408 conceded to the Pope & leased to the Venetians
1430 liberated by Constantine Paleologos ,
1715 occupied by the Ottomans and
1828 finally liberated
The Well of St.Andrew
The Churches of Agios
Andreas
The Architecture
The 'Apollon' Theatre
The Achaia Clauss Winery
156 International
Distinctions
15 Major prizes
51 Gold Medals
38 Silver Medals
Famous personalities who visited the
winery
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Otto von Bismark
Empress Sissy of Austria
King Gustav - Adolf of
Sweden
Queen Alexandra of Great
Britain
General Montgomery
Franz List
Alexander Fleming
Eugene O'neil
etc.
The World's Doorway to
Greece
The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse
Nowadays
The Port of Patras consists of :
The Passengers Port
The New Southern Commercial Port
The Marina
The Rio-Antirrio Bridge
Foundations
capable of
resisting to:
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An earthquake
of 8 magnitudes
A crash with a
180,000 tones
tanker
A wind with a
speed of 250
km/h
World
Records of The Rio-Antirio Bridge
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* 2.252 meters' continuous and fully suspended deck
* foundations which lay on a seabed that reaches 65 meters of depth.
* each foundation has a diameter of 90 meters
Energetic hub
Patras-Important Cultural
Centre
Patras hosts three major
educational institutions
with total student's
number 40.000:
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The University of Patrasthe 3rd largest in Greece
The Helllenic Open
University
The Institution of Higher
Technological Education
Patras Plucked orchestra
In concert with Jose Carreras
Patras-The 'Queen' of
Carnival
The Music School of Patras
Established
Sept.1991
Type
Music School
Headteacher Mr.Lekkas
Location
Patras
Staff
50
Students
310
Ages
12-18
School Years 6
The Music School in Concert