About
Skagiopouleio is a neighbourhood in the southern part of the city of Patras. It was founded in 1926 as well as an orphanage center and it is named after Panagiotis Skagiopoulos for the aid of orphanages from the wars, the name is still used into the present day. From 1923, the neighbourhood incorporated Chalkomata. The older name of the area was Gyri or Giri. The origin of the name is said by the people of Patras to be from the rides that began and ended in Psilalonia and which it made it into the area in which they turned back and returned. One of the oldest basketball clubs in the city, the A.O. Skagiopouleio which participated five times in the First Division category, is located in this neighborhood.
Nearby
Places within walking or a short drive, best first.
- Patras CastleCastle1.5 km away
- Roman NymphaioArchaeological site790 m away
- Vourloumis raisin factoryArchaeological site1 km away
- Roman StadiumArchaeological site1 km away
- Roman OdeonArchaeological site1 km away
- Cryptoporticus of the Roman periodArchaeological site1.2 km away
- Public Building of the Roman PeriodArchaeological site1.3 km away
- Ereipia tis archaias PatrasArchaeological site1.6 km away
- Grave Chambers of the Roman PeriodArchaeological site2.2 km away
- Roman bridgeArchaeological site2.3 km away
- Roman AqueductArchaeological site2.4 km away
- Roman Bridge of PatrasArchaeological site4.1 km away