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The Mycenaean cemetery of Voudeni, located 8 km from Patras, shows active use for nearly five hundred years from 1500 to 1000 BC.

Patras
Greece
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Patras

Greece

Country
Greece
Population
167.4K
Coordinates
38.25, 21.73
874th most populous city in the world

Patras is Greece's third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, 215 km (134 mi) west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras.

From the “Urban landscape” section

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