Infobox Greek Dimos name Psathopyrgos name local image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal lat deg 38 lat min 20 lon deg 21 lon min 52 elevation 5 periph West Greece periphunit Achaea municipality Patras municunit Rio, Greece Rio population as of 2001 population village 834 area village postal code 265 00 area code licence AX website Psathopyrgos Greek language Greek is a tourist village located in the municipal unit of Rio in the northern part of Achaea . It is the northernmost community in the Peloponnese . Psathopyrgos is located southeast of Cape Drepano , a trapezoidal cape facing the northwest and is the northernmost point in the Peloponnese and the prefecture of Achaia. The village is connected slightly north with two roads linking the old Greek National Road 8 GR 8 linking Patras and Corinth and southwest to Arachovitika. The nearest interchange for the Greek National Road 8A GR 8A superhighway is nearly 9 km WSW. The Gulf of Corinth lies directly to the east via the 800 m seaside main street and indirectly to the north and the Strait of Rio Antirio west of the cape. It is located about 9 km NE of Rio, Greece Rio , about 15 km NE of Patras , about 9 km ENE of the Rio Antirio Bridge, and 214 km W of Athens via the new road and about 210 km W from the old highway. Nearest places Kato Rodini , E Rodini , SE Drepano Achaia , Greece Drepano , SW Arachovitika , W Cape Drepano, NW Psatho means straw bamboo etc, psathopirgos strawcastle Historical population border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 bgcolor efefef Year Population 1981 479 1991 550 2001 834 The area around Psathopyrgos has mainly groves with a few pasture lands and other types of crop surrounding the area to the west and southeast. Half of the land is groves ... which flows about 2 km west of Psathopyrgos. The railway runs north of Psathopyrgos. See also ... Populated places in Achaea el ro Psathopyrgos ... more details
Other uses Drepano disambiguation Drepano Infobox Greek Dimos name Drepano name local image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal lat deg 38 lat min 19 lon deg 21 lon min 51 elevation min 40 elevation max 450 periph West Greece periphunit Achaea municipality Patras municunit Rio, Greece Rio established c established m districts mayor party since population as of 2001 population village 557 area village pop municipality 13270 area municipality postal code 265 00 area code licence AX website Drepano , lang el is a village in the municipality of Patras , Achaea , Greece . As of 2001, it had a population of 388 for the village and sits at 1,000 m above sea level. The Volinaios River flows to north and the Panachaiko mountains are to the south. Nearest places Psathopyrgos , NNE Rodini, Achaia Rodini , east Sella, Achaia Sella , southeast Argyra, Greece Argyra , south Platani, Achaia Platani , south Agios Vasileios, Achaia Agios Vasileios , northwest Arachovitika , WNW Population class wikitable Year Population Change 1981 461 1991 601 140 or 30.37 2001 557 45 or 7.49 Location and transportation Drepano is located 15 km east from Patras , 2 km from the old Greek National Road 8 GR 8 European route E65 E65 Athens Corinth Patras , and the Greek National Road 5 GR 5 European route E55 E55 with the Greek National Road 48 GR 48 European route E65 E65 interchange, east from the centre of Rio, Greece Rio , and about 25 km west of Aigio . Its nearest interchange is in Rio. Geography and history Drepano was ruled until by the Ottomans until the Greek War of Independence of 1821. It adopted its current name in the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War , its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991, it became one of the few villages in mountainous Achaia to regain is population. Dessino became connected with asphalt in the 2000s. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduce ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Kato Rodini name local image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal lat deg 38 lat min 19 lon deg 21 lon min 53 elevation min 5 elevation max 40 periph West Greece periphunit Achaea municipality Patras municunit Rio, Greece Rio established c established m districts mayor party since population as of 2001 population village 164 area village pop municipality area municipality postal code 265 00 area code licence AX website Kato Rodini , lang el is a settlement in the municipal unit of Rio, Greece Rio , Achaea , Greece . As of 2001, it had a population of 164 for the settlement. Located between the Gulf of Corinth and the Greek National Road 8 GR 8 Athens Corinth Patras . Nearest places Rodini , south Psathopyrgos , west Population class wikitable Year Population Change 1981 1991 119 2001 164 45 or 37.82 Location and transportation Kato Rodini is located 15 km east from Patras , 1 km from the old Greek National Road 8 GR 8 European route E65 E65 Athens Corinth Patras , and the Greek National Road 5 GR 5 European route E55 E55 with the Greek National Road 48 GR 48 European route E65 E65 interchange, east from the centre of Rio, Greece Rio , and about 20 km west of Aigio . Its nearest interchange is in Rio. Geography and history Kato Rodini was ruled until by the Ottomans until the Greek War of Independence of 1821. It adopted its current name in the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War , its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991, it became one of the few villages in mountainous Achaia to regain is population. Dessino became connected with asphalt in the 2000s. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid 20th century, television in the late 20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In 1997 , the ex community now a village and a municipal district joined to become the newly formed munici ... more details
Geobox Range name Panachaikon other name image Panoramic view of Panachaiko Mountains, Greece.jpg image caption Panoramic view of Panachaiko Mountains country Greece region type Regional units of Greece Region region Achaea region1 parent border geology period orogeny length 20 length orientation width width orientation highest Pyrgos Palavou highest elevation 1928 highest lat d 38 highest lat m 12 highest lat s 9 highest lat NS N highest long d 21 highest long m 52 highest long s 8 highest long EW E map map caption The Panachaikon or Panachaiko lang el , Ancient Katharevousa , from , all and , Achaean , also known as Vodias in medieval times and until the early 20th century, is a mountain range that spans about 20 km in length from north to south from Glafkos river Glafkos near Patras to Psathopyrgos , and 15 to 20 km from east to west from east of Patras to west of Selianitika . It is the northernmost mountain range in the Peloponnese . The highest point is 1,928 m, variously given at 1,924, 1,925, and 1,926 m. The mountain is home to two mountain shelter shelters , Greece s largest wind farm with 40 generators, which opened in 2006, and two communications stations. Snow is common in areas over 1,000 m in the winter. Paragliding is common in areas under 1,100 m. Due to overgrazing , frequent forest fires, and the appropriation of land for housing, the mountain s ecology and soil have Soil retrogression and degradation suffered greatly , to the extent that much of the soil is now barren or can only support herbaceous vegetation. The range is sparsely forested, mainly on its western and southern slopes, while the most fertile areas lie on the eastern and western slopes. Gallery gallery File Panorama panaxaikoy.jpg View of the second highest peak File Prasoudi 45.jpg Plateau of Prasoudi File 2.jpg View from the top,with Patras on the lower left side File .JPG File Ascening pa ... more details
This is a list of port s and harbor s in Greece . Most used ports Unreferenced section date February 2010 by what WP V verifiable , WP RS reliable secondary source can we say these are most or least used? col begin col 3 Alexandroupolis port http www.ola sa.gr city Alexandroupolis Antirrio Argostoli port Argostoli Argostoli Chania Chios Corfu Corinth Elefsina Harbor Elefsina Eretria Drapetsona Harbor Drapetsona col 3 Faliro Bay Palaio Faliro Heraklio Igoumenitsa Kalamata port Kalamata Kalamata Port of Kavala Kavala Kavala, Greece Kavala Port of Kyllini Kyllini Kyllini Ilia , Greece Kyllini Lavrio Messolongi Mytilini Nafpaktos Patras port Patras Patras includes a marina col 3 Piraeus harbour Piraeus Preveza Rethymno Rhodes Rio, Greece Rio Samos, Greece Samos Santorini Thera, Greece Thera Thessaloniki Harbor Thessaloniki Volos port Volos Volos, Greece Vonitsa Zakynthos col end Least used ports Unreferenced section date February 2010 by what WP V verifiable , WP RS reliable secondary source can we say these are most or least used? On mainland col begin col 3 Agios Nikolaos Fokida , Greece Agios Nikolaos Aigio Amfilochia Astakos Astros Gytheio Katakolo col 3 Kiato, Greece Kiato Koroni Kranidi Lechaina , opening soon Leonidi Nafplio Nea Makri col 3 Nea Palatia Myloi Argolida , Greece Myloi Parga Petalidi Psathopyrgos Pylos Rafina Stylida , Bauxite Tyros Xylokastro col end On islands col begin col 3 Aegina Agia Kyrikos on Ithaca Agios Nikolaos, Crete Agios Nikolaos on Crete Alonissos Amorgos Andros, Greece Andros Astypalaia Erikoussa Fiskardo on Kefalonia Galatas, Greece Galatas Gavdos Heraklia Cyclades , Greece Heraklia Hora Sfakion Hydra island Hydra Ierapetra on Crete Ios island Ios Istiaia Itea, Greece Itea col 3 Ithaca Kalamos Kastellorizo Karystos Kea island Kea Kissamos Kastelli Kimolos Kos island Kos Kymi, Greece Kymi Kythira northern part Lindos Lixouri Mathraki Milos, Greece Milos Mykonos Myrina, Greece Myrina on Lemnos Naxos Island Naxos col 3 Nydri Oinousses O ... more details
File Proastiakos logo.png right 300px border Proastiakos services Proastiak s lang el , is the name used for the suburban commuter rail services of TrainOSE , servicing Greece Greece s three largest cities Athens , Thessaloniki and Patras providing them with modern commuter rail links, towards their suburbs and also towards other cities and towns located around them. The service, operated by TrainOSE uses infrastructure of the Hellenic Railways Organisation OSE . ref The brand name Proastiakos correct spelling is Proasteiakos which translates as suburban , is derived from ancient Greek proasteion suburb, , pro asty meaning before the city . However the same brand name has also been used for some regional rail services. ref In Athens, the service connects the port of Piraeus and the Athens Central Railway Station with Athens International Airport , while also providing commuter rail links to Kiato , via Corinth and to Chalcis . There are plans to extend the Proastiakos service to Loutraki and Xylokastro west of Athens , Chalkis and Thiva north of Athens and to Rafina and Lavrio in southeast Attica . In Thessaloniki , Proastiakos operates two services. The first connects the city s New Railway Station with the city of Larissa and the second connects the city with Edessa, Greece Edessa . In July 2010 a new commuter rail service was launched in Patras , connecting the city with Rio, Greece Rio . There are plans to extend this service towards Psathopyrgos and Kato Achaia . History The concept of a regular and frequent suburban and commuter rail services was introduced in Greece in the 1990 s. It became possible due to extra capacity becoming available through improvements to the existing lines and the construction of new ones. In the past suburban services ran on very infrequent timetables and were not very popular. The construction of a new rail line between central Athens, its eastern suburbs and the new Athens International Airport was ... more details
Arachovitika Kastritsi Psathopyrgos valign top Paralia Paralia Mintilogli Roitika valign top Messatida ... cement factory, with a private port, in Psathopyrgos , a suburb of Patras. Energy File Dromos panaxaiko.jpg ... more details
The list of shipwrecks in April 1941 includes all ship s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1941. 1 April SS Bertram Rickmers 2 flag Germany Nazi World War II The cargo ship was intercepted in the Red Sea by HMS Kandahar F28 6 navy UK and was scuttled off Gondurmiat. ref name NH044112 SS Cerigo 2 flag Germany Nazi World War II The cargo ship was scuttled at Guayaquil , Equador. Later salvaged and entered Equadorian service as 24 de Mayo . ref name NH044112 SS Eisenbach 2 flag Germany Nazi World War II The cargo ship was scuttled at Punta Arenas , Chile. ref name NH044112 SS Friesland 1925 2 flag Germany Nazi World War II The cargo ship was scuttled at Paita , Peru. ref name NH044112 ship Italian cruiser Giovanni Della Bandi Nere 2 navy Kingdom of Italy World War II The cruiser was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea convert 11 nmi km north of Stromboli by HMS Urge navy UK with the loss of 287 of her 720 crew. ref name GDBN cite web url http www.wrecksite.eu wreck.aspx?98105 title Giovanni Della Bande Nere 1942 publisher Wrecksite accessdate 17 October 2011 ref SS Hermonthis 2 flag Germany Nazi World War II The passenger ship was intercepted in the South Atlantic coord 12 13 S 80 10 W by HMCS Prince Henry F70 6 navy Canada 1921 and was scuttled by her crew. ref name NH044112 MV Hidlefjord 1928 2 flag Norway World War II The tank ship tanker was bombed and sunk in the Irish Sea convert 20 nmi km north west of the Smalls Lighthouse by Luftwaffe aircraft with the loss of 29 crew. ref name NH044112 MV Leipzig 1938 2 flag Germany Nazi World War II The passenger ship was scuttled at Callao , Peru. ref name NH044112 ship Italian destroyer Leone 2 navy Kingdom of Italy World War II The sclass Leone destroyer ran aground off Massawa , Italian Somaliland and was shelled and sunk by ship Italian destroyer Pantera 2 and ship Italian destroyer Tigre 2 both navy Kingdom of Italy . ref name Leone cite web url http www.wrecksite.eu wreck.aspx?157300 ti ... more details
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