Christian Orthdodox church dedidated to Saint Nicholas at Lefka, Patras, Greece.Partial view of Labour Houses "PATRAS XIV" at Lefka, Patras, Greece.
Lefka (Greek: Λεύκα, meaning: poplar) is a neighbourhood in the southern part of the city of Patras, 5 km directly and 6 km south via road from the downtown core. It was originally called "Botovayia" ("Μποτοβάγια" in Greek).
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the major part of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were used previously. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.
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 foothills of Mount Panachaikon, overlooking the Gulf of Patras.
Greek National Road 9 is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the West Greece and Peloponnese regions. It runs along the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, from Patras to Methoni via Pyrgos. Its length is around 220 km (140 mi), making it the second-longest national highway of Greece.
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Ovrya is a town in Achaea, Greece. It is a suburb of Patras, located 6 km south of Patras city centre. It was the seat of the former municipality of Messatida. The Greek National Roads 9 and 33 pass through the town. Ovrya is in the transition zone from the densely populated coastal area to the hills in the southeast, including Omplos. Agriculture is still the dominant land use in the areas south and east of Ovrya. Neighboring communities are Demenika to the northeast, Mintilogli to the west, Krini to the east, and Kallithea to the south.
Streets
Agiou Nikolaou Lefkas Street
Akti Dymaion Blvd.
Iteon Street
Lefkas Street
Evias Street
The new GR-33 (Patras - Tripoli) - a two way bypass
Greek National Road 33 is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Patras with the Greek National Road 74 near Levidi, passing through the western and southern foothills of Mount Erymanthos.
Tripoli is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the Peloponnese region as well as of the regional unit of Arcadia. The homonym municipality has around 47,000 inhabitants.
Geography
The area is made up of farmlands and consists of olive and citrus groves and cattle farms. Tomatoes, potatoes, beans, zucchinis, onions, watermelons, melons and others are also grown in the region. Lefka's nearest supermarket is Akti Dymaion to the northwest. Its total area is approximately 5 to 6 km², and 3 km in length, from west to east, and 2 km in width from north to south. Its total street length is approximately 10 to 15 km, of which 4 to 5 km are main streets; the rest are residential. The built-up area lies north of the Glafkos river, which is Leyka's north side, with the exception of a tract north of the neighbourhood.
The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "European olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands and Réunion. The species is cultivated in many places and considered naturalized in all the countries of the Mediterranean coast, as well as in Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Java, Norfolk Island, California, and Bermuda. Olea europaea is the type species for the genus Olea.
Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes.
The Glafkos is a river in Greece. It flows into the Gulf of Patras in Patras south of the city centre. It is 26.3 km (16.3 mi) long. A hydroelectric power plant was built on this river in 1927. Currently, it is open to the public as a museum.
History
The housing developments to the present day did not reach Lefka, due to that is away from the urban capacity. Not much housing development has been done since the early 2000s, and the population has been unchanged, compared to other neighbourhoods in Patras.
The Glafkos road was added in the form of gravel in the 1970s. It was later paved in the mid 1980s, became one-way, and was fully opened in 1995. Its streetlights were added in the late 1990s.
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