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The city of Patras has an important history of four thousand years. Patras has been inhabited since the prehistoric age and constituted an important centre of the Mycenean era. In antiquity it was a leading member of the Achaean League. Patras reached the peak of its power in the Roman era, when an imperial colony was founded there by Augustus.
The core settlement has a history spanning four millennia. In the Roman period, it had become a cosmopolitan center of the eastern Mediterranean whilst, according to the Christian tradition, it was also the place of Saint Andrew 's martyrdom.
Historia. [edytuj | edytuj kod] Miasto (Colonia Aroe Augusta) założył w 14 p.n.e. cesarz rzymski Oktawian August, osiedlając weteranów i częściowo ludność grecką z Achai i Lokrydy Ozolskiej.
Patras is the capital of the Prefecture of Achaia, in the Region of Western Greece. It is the largest economic, commercial and cultural center of the Peloponnese and western Greece and has one of the largest ports in the country with the highest traffic to western Europe.
The history of Patra dates back to the prehistoric times when the Achaeans tribes were settling towns in Greece. The town got its name from Patrea, leader of the Achaeans of Sparta who was looking for a new shelter after they were exiled from their homeland.
Pátrai, city and dímos (municipality), Western Greece (Modern Greek: Dytikí Elláda) periféreia (region), southern Greece. Located on the Gulf of Patraïkós, it is the chief port of the Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos) peninsula and one of the largest ports in Greece. A legendary federation of three.
Patras jest trzecim co do wielkości miastem w całej Grecji i obecnie liczy ponad 210 000 mieszkańców. Patras to starożytne greckie miasto, a dziś ważny port nad Zatoką Patras, położony w północnej części Peloponezu, około 215 km na zachód od Aten.
