Patrai

Peloponnese, Greece

Greek Orthodox church southest of the Roman theater
Snow-covered Panachaiko Mountains in the background

  View NW across the city to Gulf of Patrai

  View NW to Patraikós Kolpós

  NW entrance of the Roman theater. This one may not be listed in the guidebook to Greece, but it's well preserved, built of brick, and showcases the masonry method. Local literature says the theater owes its preservation to burial.

  Wall construction detail of the Roman theater

  NW entrance of the Roman theater, used today for performances

  View west from the top of the Roman theater

  Corner tower showing stonework detail
Kastro, 12th-17th c

  Basilica of Agios Andreas (St Andrew) built in the Byzantine style (not a Byzantine-era church). Stands where St Andrew was martyred and houses relicts, his skull and a fragment of his cross.

  Basilica of Agios Andreas

  Basilica of Agios Andreas

  Basilica of Agios Andreas

   

 

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