Patras
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Patras is the capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, 215 km west of Athens. It is Greece's third-largest city. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaikon, ove
View of the recently restored Roman Odeon (2015)
Night view
Patras at sunset from a hill NE of Dasyllio
Ruins of the Roman stadium
Andrew the Apostle
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Andrew the Apostle was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was a fisherman and one of the Twelve Apostles chosen by Jesus.
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…Roman period, it had become a cosmopolitan centre of the eastern Mediterranean whilst, according to the Christian tradition, it was also the place of Saint Andrew's martyrdom. Dubbed as Greece's "Gate to the West", Patras is a commercial hub, while its busy port is a nodal point for trade and communication with…
Saint Andrew by Peter Paul Rubens (c. 1611)
The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew by Caravaggio (1603–1606)
The crucifixion of Andrew the Apostle, miniature from the Menologion of Basil II
Statue of Andrew in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran by Camillo Rusconi (1713–1715)