Markato Μαρκάτο
Prefecture Prefectures of Greece During the first administrative division of independent Greece in 1833–1836 and then again from 1845 until their abolition with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, the prefectures were the country's main administrative unit... :	Achaia
Province Provinces of Greece The provinces of Greece were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially finance services and education, as well as for electoral purposes... :	Patras
City:	Patras Patras Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...
Area/distance code:	11-0030-2610
Name of inhabitants:	-
Website:	www.cityofpatras.gr

Markato (Greek: Μαρκάτο) is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Patras

Patras

Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

. The origin of the name comes from the Italian word

Italian language

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 marcato which means market

Market

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 in which the Venetians

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 arrived in 1699 and built a public market. Later, the Ottoman Turks

Ottoman Empire

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 reconquered the area and remained until the Greek War of Independence

Greek War of Independence

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. The Turks destroyed the market, but the name is still in use today; the area is today known as the centre of the city's market.