Tsivdi
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Τσιβδί
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| Prefecture
: || Achaia
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| Province
: || Patras
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| City: || Patras
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| Section: || Central
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| Distance from downtown: || 1 km southwest
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| Population: (2001)
Total
Density
Rank||
about 3,000 to 5,000
-/km²
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Τσιβδί
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| Prefecture
: || Achaia
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| Province
: || Patras
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| City: || Patras
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| Section: || Central
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| Distance from downtown: || 1 km southwest
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| Population: (2001)
Total
Density
Rank||
about 3,000 to 5,000
-/km²
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Τσιβδί
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| Prefecture
: || Achaia
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| Province
: || Patras
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| City: || Patras
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| Section: || Central
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| Distance from downtown: || 1 km southwest
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| Population: (2001)
Total
Density
Rank||
about 3,000 to 5,000
-/km²
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| Area/distance code: || 11-0030-2610
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Tsivdi (Greek: Τσιβδί), also with a u accented is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Patras
1 km southwest of the downtown core. The subdivision is bounded with Dimitri Gounari Street to the north, the Karaiskaki Street to the east and Trion Navarchon Street
to the south.
, the Roman Emperor
Septimus Severus (193
-211 AD) were farmers. That time Severus dug an area that he constructed the port of the city in which was used until the Venetian rule and by the Venetians. The port was located in the present day area by Gounaris Street up to Trion Navarchon Street
1 km southwest of downtown. In the entrance of the port, it had two towers in which it had poles. The depth was around 4 m and is in the today's Ypsila Alonia Square. With the destruction of the city from the Venetians, the area used the port other than the continuation in which that time it had a lot of odour and plague in the city. In 1883, it filled up the earth and drained and it extended the city.
Before the Greek War of Independence
and that time was the second Venetian rule, it had a Jewish population. It was one of the largest neighbourhoods. Today it is a quiet subdivision with many neoclassical buildings and shops. All of its residential areas were reconstructed after the revolution. Its streets were numbered and named and later on paved and lamp posts were added.
After World War II
and the Greek Civil War
, four to eight storey buildings were built in the eastern part but its architecture remains with two to three storey buildings in the western part. Street lights were modernized, traffic lights were installed.
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Τσιβδί
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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
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| 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
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| 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...
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| Section: || Central
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| Distance from downtown: || 1 km southwest
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| Population: (2001)
Total
Density
Rank||
about 3,000 to 5,000
-/km²
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Τσιβδί
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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
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| 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
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| 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...
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| Section: || Central
|---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Distance from downtown: || 1 km southwest
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| Population: (2001)
Total
Density
Rank||
about 3,000 to 5,000
-/km²
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! colspan="2" style="font-size: larger; background-color: #6699FF" | Tsivdi
Τσιβδί
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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
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| 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
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| 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...
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| Section: || Central
|---- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| Distance from downtown: || 1 km southwest
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| Population: (2001)
Total
Density
Rank||
about 3,000 to 5,000
-/km²
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| Area/distance code: || 11-0030-2610
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Tsivdi (Greek: Τσιβδί), also with a u accented 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...
1 km southwest of the downtown core. The subdivision is bounded with Dimitri Gounari Street to the north, the Karaiskaki Street to the east and Trion Navarchon Street
Trion Navarchon Street
Trion Navarchon Street , is a street in Patras and it runs two way with a walkway southeast of Riga Fereou Street covering much of the section. The north section is a branch of the GR-8/E55 and the GR-5 and the GR-48...
to the south.
Streets
- Agiou Andreou Street
- Faraggi Street
- Dimitriou Gounari Street
- Maizonos Street
- Othonos-Amalias AvenueOthonos-Amalias AvenueOthonos Amalias Avenue , is Patras' major avenue running southbound one way entirely from Iroon Polytechneiou Avenue with Norman Street to Trion Navarcheiou Street with Akti Dymaion. It was partly the southbound part of the GR-9 . Its total length is approximately 2 km. The avenue contains...
- Riga Fereou Street
- Sachtouri Street
- Trion Navarchon StreetTrion Navarchon StreetTrion Navarchon Street , is a street in Patras and it runs two way with a walkway southeast of Riga Fereou Street covering much of the section. The north section is a branch of the GR-8/E55 and the GR-5 and the GR-48...
Geography
The entire area are residential. Its length and with is approximately 1 km and its area is approximately 1 to 2 km².History
In the area from the Roman EmpireRoman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, the Roman Emperor
Roman Emperor
The Roman emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office although at any given time, a given title was associated with the emperor...
Septimus Severus (193
193
Year 193 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius...
-211 AD) were farmers. That time Severus dug an area that he constructed the port of the city in which was used until the Venetian rule and by the Venetians. The port was located in the present day area by Gounaris Street up to Trion Navarchon Street
Trion Navarchon Street
Trion Navarchon Street , is a street in Patras and it runs two way with a walkway southeast of Riga Fereou Street covering much of the section. The north section is a branch of the GR-8/E55 and the GR-5 and the GR-48...
1 km southwest of downtown. In the entrance of the port, it had two towers in which it had poles. The depth was around 4 m and is in the today's Ypsila Alonia Square. With the destruction of the city from the Venetians, the area used the port other than the continuation in which that time it had a lot of odour and plague in the city. In 1883, it filled up the earth and drained and it extended the city.
Before the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...
and that time was the second Venetian rule, it had a Jewish population. It was one of the largest neighbourhoods. Today it is a quiet subdivision with many neoclassical buildings and shops. All of its residential areas were reconstructed after the revolution. Its streets were numbered and named and later on paved and lamp posts were added.
After World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and the Greek Civil War
Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...
, four to eight storey buildings were built in the eastern part but its architecture remains with two to three storey buildings in the western part. Street lights were modernized, traffic lights were installed.