Terpsi, Patras
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| Terpsi Τέρψη |
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| 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... |
| Section: | North, northeast |
Terpsi (Greek: Τέρψη, also with the e accented) is a neighbourhood in 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 settlement was created in 1945 a little higher than Chalkomata
Chalkomata
Chalkomata or Halkomata , also with the third a accented is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Patras. It is named after the Chalkomatas family in which they arrived in the area in 1688 from Athens. In the area featured in the outer area Antonios Kalamogdaitis...
, the area previously was made up of vineyard
Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes and non-alcoholic grape juice...
s. It received the name from the homonymous street there.