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Kapodistria Square or Markatou Square is a square in Patras, Greece in Markato district.
The square dates to the years of post-revolutionary Greece, when the new Patras was designed by Stamatis Voulgaris under orders by Ioannis Kapodistrias. [1]
A bust of Kapodistrias is located in the square.
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Patras is Greece's third-largest city and the regional capital 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.
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Petros Mavromichalis, also known as Petrobey, was a Greek general, politician and the leader of the Maniot people during the first half of the 19th century. His family had a long history of revolts against the Ottoman Empire, which ruled most of what is now Greece. His grandfather Georgios and his father Pierros were among the leaders of the Orlov Revolt.
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