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Konstantinos Peletidis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Πελετίδης; born 1953) is a Greek cardiologist and politician.A member of the communist party of Greece, he has served as Mayor of Patras since 1 September 2014. [1]
The new Patra TV is managed and operated by Cosmos Pelop Media S.A. which was established on 1997 with the operation of the predecessor channel called Cosmos in the prefecture of Elis and legalized on March 23, 1998, under the 6564/Ε license, by the Ministry for the Press. [4]
The Ottomans were defeated, but the Holy League did not seize the city of Patras. The news of the Ottoman defeat were celebrated in Patras, but a revolt organized by five of the elders of the town and metropolitan Germanos I of Old Patras (1561–1572) was put down and its instigators were executed. [4]
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In 1995, Patra released her single "Pull Up to the Bumper" which was a remake of the Grace Jones song and peaked at #60 on the Hot 100, [6] #21 R&B, [7] and #15 on the Dance chart. [8] Her second album, Scent of Attraction followed later that year, and peaked at #151 on the Billboard 200, [ 9 ] #28 on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums, [ 10 ] and #2 on ...
The Carnival floats during the Great Sunday Parade. The Treasure Hunt groups, a Patras Carnival tradition. The Patras Carnival, or Patrino karnavali, is the largest event of its kind in Greece.
Under the Ottomans, it was known as "Baliabadra", from the Greek: Παλαιά Πάτρα ('Old Patras'), as opposed to Νέα Πάτρα ('new Patra'), the town of Ypati in Central Greece. Though Mehmet granted the city special privileges and tax reductions, it never became a major centre of commerce.
In 1205, William of Champlitte took possession of the city of Patras and installed canons; they in turn elected Antelm of Cluny as archbishop. It had five suffragans, Andravida, Amyclæ, Modon, Coron, and Cephalonia-Zante; even when Modon and Coron belonged to the Venetians they continued to depend on Patras.