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of Coron and Modon, of the taking and Ioss of Mistra, the rout at
Tripolis and the victory off Tchesmé. And it was repeatedly noted that both sides were conducting the war with great savagery: ' the ravages committed by both armies ... are dreadful ... horrid cruelties perpetrated in cold blood, shocking to human nature, 'the war is carried on with much Bloodshed and Horror'. When the Greeks got the upper hand they settled old scores; when the Turks and Albanians reasserted themselves they were merciless: recapturing Patras, they left scarcely anyone alive.
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773:, offering warehouse, banking and insurance services. However, this early era of prosperity was short lived; the completion of the Corinth Canal in 1893 challenged the predominance of its port. Besides, in 1894 raisin export prices in the international markets began to plummet, due to overproduction and international circumstances, which triggered a prolonged crisis with deep financial, political and social repercussions, known as the
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182:, established a colony. The Achaeans, having strengthened and enlarged Aroe, called it Patrae, as the exclusive residence of the ruling families, and it was recognized as one of the twelve Achaean cities. During antiquity, Patras remained a farming region but in Classical times it became an important port. In 419 BC the town was, on the advice of
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irregular and unequipped revolutionary mob could not risk serious resistance. A possible exception was
Panagiotis Karatzas, a local shoe-maker, who along with his men thwarted Turkish attacks on nearby settlements. Finally, the Turks, confined to the citadel, held out until being stormed by the French troops in 1828.
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Readers were thus enabled to follow and visualize the campaign as it was reported, almost daily but after a time-lag of about four weeks, in despatches from Italy and Turkey. They read accounts — as confused, contradictory, exaggerated or downright false as such accounts generally are — of the Sieges
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arrived there trying to bring in contact the protagonists of the incoming revolts and coordinate the revolutionary effort. The Turks, who grew suspicious of these movements, transferred their belongings to the fortress on
February 28, and their families on March 18 and fortified themselves in it. On
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In his memoirs, le Duke
Pasquier, Chancellor of France, (1767-1862) wrote: "All the Greeks who were unable to escape from Patras were mercilessly slaughtered, regardless of sex or age. Only a few of the unfortunate victims could find refuge in the house of the consul of France, Mr Pouqueville. He
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who had given refuge to Greek revolutionaries, evacuated the town. The
English consul Green who had kept a neutral stance refusing to accept Greeks in his consulate, and the French consul Pouqueville, in their written accounts describe the events and the extent of destruction as horrific. The
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saved them at the peril of his own life. This was the first example of the courageous self-sacrifice with which the French consuls fulfilled their duties." Duke d'Audiffret-Pasquier - Mémoires de mon temps. Mémoires du chancellier
Pasquier. Partie 2. Restoration.2. 1820-1824 (tome 5)
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in 1715. Generally, the first period of
Turkish rule (1460–1687) was miserable, but from 1715 and on there was a revival of commerce, and so in the 18th century Patras became again an economically prosperous town, based on agriculture and trade.
644:. Patras was at the time the biggest and most prosperous town of the Peloponnese. An overwhelming, 2/3 majority of the town's 18.000 inhabitants where Greeks, and a small number of them was engaged in commerce, constituting the precursors of a
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762:. The plan was not carried out until the mid-19th century and then only with great adaptations conforming to the interests of powerful land owners. Patras developed as the second largest urban centre in late 19th century Greece after
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On March 25 the revolutionaries declared the
Revolution in the square of Agios Georgios in Patras. Therefore, it was at Patras that the Revolution is held to have officially began on March 25, 1821 in the chapel of
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March 23 the Turks launched sporadic attacks towards the town, trying to set certain houses on fire, which resulted on the destruction of some districts, while the revolutionaries, led by the freedom warrior
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times Patras continued to be an important port as well as an industrial center. In 551 AD it was laid in ruins by an earthquake. In 807 AD it was able without external assistance to repulse a
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Nasi Balta, "The civilization of raisin. Raisin cultivation in 19th century
Peloponnese, the economic crisis, and the revolt of the farmworkers. The political, cultural and social framework"
408:, though most of the credit of the victory was assigned to St Andrew, whose church was enriched by the imperial share of the spoils, and whose archbishop was made superior of the bishops of
597:"when the Greeks got the upper hand they settled old scores; when the Turks and Albanians reasserted themselves they were merciless: recapturing Patras, they left scarcely anyone alive."
565:. The Ottomans were defeated, but the Holy League did not seize the city of Patras. The news of the Ottoman defeat were celebrated in Patras, but a revolt organized by five of the
652:. The atmosphere in Patras had been tense since the mid-February 1821, when the Greeks refused to pay heavy taxes for the equipment of the Ottoman Army which was fighting against
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and a new monumental church, completed in the 1970s, mark the traditional place of his crucifixion. The new Saint Andrew Church is also the largest
Orthodox church in the
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The city benefited from its role as the main export port for the agricultural produce of the Peloponnese. It was the main centre for the organisation of production of
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and set the town ablaze. After the liberation in October 1944, the city grew fast to recover, but in later years was increasingly overshadowed by the urban pole of
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At the end of the 3rd century AD, the city fell into decline, probably because of a strong earthquake that struck the whole of northeastern Peloponnese in AD 300.
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period (the first half of the 2nd millennium BC) another settlement was founded in the region. Patras flourished for the first time during the Post-Helladic or
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In the early 20th century, Patras developed fast and became the first Greek city to introduce public streetlights and electrified tramways. The war effort of
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valley, established three townships, Aroe (i.e. "ploughland"), Antheia ("the flowery"), and Mesatis ("the middle settlement") united by the common worship of
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293:(CAAP) became one of the most populous of all the towns of Greece, and acquired a cosmopolitan character. Its colonial coinage extends from Augustus to
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which were exported almost to the whole world of that time. Patras built new temples and two industrial zones, and paved its streets with
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was drawn up, privileges were granted and foreign religions introduced, and crafts were created, the most important being that of earthen
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from Patras had accumulated immense wealth in land ownership, carpet and textile industry and offered critical support in the ascent of
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and was crucified as a martyr. He is ever since considered to be the patron saint of the city. Two temples built in his honor, an old
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542:, the fortress). Though Mehmet granted the city special privileges and tax reductions, it never became a major center of commerce.
793:, did much to shape the city's early identity as a significant port and cosmopolitan urban centre in early 20th century Greece.
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approved a very ambitious new urban plan for the city - which was still in ruins - presented to him by the French army engineer
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attacked and captured Patras several times during the 15th and 16th centuries, but never re-established their rule effectively.
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573:(1561–1572) was put down and its instigators were executed. The Venetians captured Patras from the Turks in 1687 during the
148:. The foundation of Patras goes back to prehistoric times, the legendary account being that Eumelus, having been taught by
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Kounenaki Pegy, "19th Century Patras: how the character of the city changed with the development of the port after 1828"
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For further reading see: Kayapınar, A. (2016). Osmanlı Döneminde Mora’da Bir Sahil Şehri: Balya Badra/Patra (1460-1715).
140:(1580–1100 BC). Ancient Patras was formed by the unification of three Mycenaean villages located in modern Aroe,
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Shooting broke out two days later in Patras. The Turks had seized the fortress, and the Greeks had taken the seashore.
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321:, one of the most well-known works of Latin literature, was said to be adapted from a lost Greek original by a
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was born at Patras, at around 860. In the 9th century there is a sign that the city was prosperous: the widow
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and using guns drove them back to the fortress. Makryiannis referred to the scene in his memoirs:
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