Agios Dionyssios, Patras

Agios Dionyssos, also Agios Dionyssios, Agios Dionisios, Agios Dionissios and Ayios Dionissios (Greek: Άγιος Διονύσιος meaning Saint Dennis) is a neighbourhood in the city of Patras. It has its boundaries by a street north of Agiou Dionyssiou, Riga Fereou Street to the east and 28 Oktovriou Street to the south.

treets

*28 Oktovriou (Karolou) Street
*Agiou Andreou Street
*Athinon Street
*Norman Street
*Othonos-Amalias Avenue
*Riga Fereou Street
*Zaimi Street

Geography

Much of the area are made up of residential area. The square is by Agiou Andreou and Norman Streets, the Patras Freight Yard is to the northwest and the Port of Patras is to the west.

History

Until 1828 wher the city was liberated from the Turks were farmlands, vineyards and olive groves. The farming became to the notable in the area of Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos. In 1829, the Zanteans arrived in the area and settled in the area. In the same year built the church of Saint Dennis and it received the neigubourhood.

Houses and buildings were added and were filled in the late-19th and the early-20th centuries. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the eastern and the northernmost portions of the subdivison saw taller buildings as high as eight storey to be added while it is the subdivision where many buildings with neo-classical architecture remain. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the street became one way and the GR-8/E55 and the E65 (Athens - Corinth - Patras passes through the entire street and had two branches, one being Konstantinoupoleos. The major flow of traffic lasted even extending up to Norman Street until the opening of the Patras Bypass opened 4 km northeast but the E55 and the E65 was also moved. In the 1960s and the 1970s, the Port of Patras expanded with more piers and an entrance in which is moved north of Agios Dionyssios.

Panorama

Its panorama includes the Panachaiko mountains to the east as well as its nearby hills, more to the south and southeast including Omplos, Varasova and Arakynthos to the west and northwest and more to the north. They are blocked by buildings to the east.

Other

Agios Dionyssios has a few schools, a lyceum (secondary school), a gymnasium (high school) and a few churches. It has also a several gas station in the east. There are no schools west of Agiou Andreou Street.

References

*"Patras 1900" Alekou Marsali 1978 ISBN 960-14-0826-6
*"Istoria tis poleos Patron" ("Ιστορία της πόλεως Πατρών" = "History Of The City Of Patras") Volume Stefanos Thomopoulos Achaikes Ekdoseis 1998
*"I Imera" newspaper
*"The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)