Sights Of Patra
St. Andrews Church
The old church was built in the period 1836-1843 in the position where martyred Apostle Andrew.
It was built as a basilica and is the work of the famous architect from Thessaloniki Lysander Kaftantzoglou.
Rion-Antirrion bridge
The Rio–Antirrio bridge, officially the Charilaos Trikoupis Bridge after the statesman who first envisaged it, is the world’s longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge.The 2,880 m (9,449 ft) long bridge (approximately 1.8 miles)
New Archaeological Museum of Patras
The Archaeological Museum of Patras is a benchmark for the city not only as an architectural and exhibition space as the richness, variety and range of exhibits and modern museological concepts that govern it.
Roman Odeon
The Roman Odeum is located on the west side of Patra. It was built before the Odeum of Athens in front of which stands the statue of Apollo.It was in 1889, when the Odeum was found by accident while some workers were digging up the ground for the construction
Roman Hemicycle
Ruins unearthed probably the 1st century AD. Along with the neighboring Ancient Odeon will be a single set of great archaeological value. Today a large part of the area of the archaeological site excavated, between routes Pantanassis, Hephaestus and GEROKOSTOPOULOU.
Municipal Theater Apollon
Located on George Square A, characterized as the most impressive architectural ornament of Patras and is one of the first opera houses in Europe. Constructed in 1872, based on the plans of German architect Ernst Ziller and the economic contribution of the merchants of Patras.
Αchaia Clauss
On a hill, 8 km from the center of Patras, located winemaking facilities ACHAIA CLAUSS that stands out as one of the major tourist attractions of the area. Founder was the Bavarian Gustav Clauss came in Patras in 1854 to work. The 1861 he founded ACHAIA CLAUSS and excellent quality of wines including Mavrodaphne Patras, conquered the Greek and international market.
The Lighthouse
In the area of St. Andrew , built in 2000, the modern lighthouse which is an exact copy of the old was demolished in 1972 and which is the hallmark of Patras. The lighthouse ornament and symbol of Patras was built of stone, like the coffee shop who gathered crowd and along with St. Nicholas and the pier was the daily walk of Patras.
Municipal Library of Patra interior
The Public Library Patron was founded in 1908 on Mayor Demetriou Votsi, with initial core library of Craft Company. During the lengthy operation acquired a rich collection of rare and valuable books, personal files and documents of local actors and writers, paintings, scientific and literary books, magazines and newspapers
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