https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks en-us 2022-05-28 02:56:31 UTC 2022-05-28 05:29:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1716453089/2b6662dd4983dfd084c314a092e083ec/Roman_Odeon__3_.jpg niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202709623 It is hard to miss it from the road because of its enormous metallic dome, looking a bit like a fat flying saucer.]]> 2022-05-28 03:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202709623 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202717683 The artifacts displayed in the museum are from Mycenaean, Geometric, Archaic, Hellenistic and Roman Greece. A collection of 14 Roman mosaics as well as partial reconstructions of Roman houses from around the city are displayed in the Museum.]]> 2022-05-28 03:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202717683 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202720919 Close to the castle of Patras, the Roman Odeon, is a Roman conservatory for music performances, built during the rule of Emperor Augustus at the turn of the 1st century AD.]]> 2022-05-28 03:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202720919 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202722442 Nowadays, the Roman Odeon has a capacity of 2.300 spectators and it is used for music once more, notably at the Patras International Festival every summer. ]]> 2022-05-28 03:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202722442 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202723534 The Castle was built in the mid-500s AD on the ruins of the ancient acropolis. A long list of civilisations have either besieged or taken the castle, among them Slavs, Moors, Normans, Franks and Venetians.]]> 2022-05-28 03:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202723534 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202726138 The largest church in Greece and the third largest Orthodox edifice in the Balkans. In a chapel to the rear of the church, there are fragments of the cross on which St. Andrew, one of the 12 Apostles, was martyred. ]]> 2022-05-28 03:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202726138 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202728953 Opened in August 2004, Rio-Antirrio bridge is considered one of the world's longest multi-span, cable-stayed bridges.It is also the longest bridge of its kind in the world to be fully suspended.]]> 2022-05-28 03:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202728953 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202730399 2022-05-28 04:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202730399 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202734483 Within a brief walk from Agios Andreas Cathedral, the Lighthouse is the perfect place to see the sunset. Although it is no longer used as a lighthouse, you get the chance to enjoy your coffee at the cafeteria which is at the basis of the building.]]> 2022-05-28 04:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202734483 niachosd https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202738781 The Patras carnival is unique in Greece, and it is one of the largest carnivals in Europe. The Grand parade with satirical floats, which takes place on Sunday before Clean Monday (48 days before the Orthodox Easter), ends with fireworks in the city port, attended by thousands of people.  ]]> 2022-05-28 04:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/niachosd/Bookmarks/wish/2202738781