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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: History of Patras, Hellenic Open University, Rio-Antirrio bridge, Patras wireless metropolitan network, Patras Carnival, Patras Province, Patras Wireless Network, Rio, Greece, Prapopoulos Bros s.a., Skioessa, Saravali, Peiraiki-Patraiki, Neo Souli, Patras Castle, Gulf of Patras, Vrachneika, Kastritsi, Drosia, Patras, Omplos, Paralia, Achaea, Messatida, Agyia, Achaia Clauss, Apollon Theatre, Ovrya, Monodendri, Achaea, Petroto, Achaea, Mintilogli, Patras Municipal and Regional Theatre, Moira, Achaea, Elikistra, Synora, Patras, Krya Iteon, Demenika, Roitika, Kantrianika, TEI of Patras, Eschatovouni, Langoura, Ideal Bikes, Epameinondas Thomopoulos, Meilichos, Laphria, Bouhagier Patras, Panagiotis Skagiopoulos, Patreus, Kosmos tis Patras, Mavrodafni, Saint Andrew of Patras, Preugenes, Agios Georgios, Achaea, Tentura, Glafkos, Anthoupoli, Patras, Splats. Excerpt: Patras (Modern Greek: , Patra, Classical Greek and Katharevousa:, Patrai (plural), Latin: (plural)) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens. The city is built at the foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras. The Patras metropolitan area is a conurbation of 222,460 inhabitants. The core settlement has a history spanning four millennia. In the Roman period it had become a cosmopolitan centre of the eastern Mediterranean whilst, according to Christian tradition, it was also the place of Saint Andrew's martyrdom. Dubbed Greece's Gate to the West, Patras is a commercial hub, while its busy port is a nodal point for trade and communication with Italy and the rest of Western Europe. The city has two public universities and one Technological Institute, hosting a large student population and rendering Patras a major scientific centre with a f...
