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Psathopyrgos or Psathopirgos (Greek: Ψαθόπυργος fr. ψάθος psathos prob. meaning fishing net + πύργος pyrgos meaning tower) is a touristic village located in the municipality of Rio in the northern part of the prefecture of Achaia and is the northernmost community in the Peloponnese in location. Psathopyrgos is located southeast Cape Drepano is a trapezoidal cape facing the northwest and is the northernmost point in the Peloponnese and the prefecture of Achaia. The village is connected slightly north with two roads linking the old GR-8 linking Patras and Corinth and southwest to Arachovitika. The nearest interchange for the GR-8A superhighway is nearly 9 km WSW via the roundabout. The Gulf of Corinth lies directly to the east via the 800 m seaside main street and undirectly to the north and the Strait of Rio-Antirio west of the cape. It is located about 9 km NE of Rio, about 15 km NE of Patras about 9 km ENE of the Rio-Antirio Bridge and 214 km W of Athens via the new road and about about 210 km W from the old highway. A tower is a high structure, usually man-made. ... This article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. ... Greece and the Peloponnese The Peloponnese (Greek Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnesos; Latinized as Peloponnesus, and principally known in English as the Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ... Greece Interstate 8 is an old highway linking the cities of Patras, Corinth and Athens. ... Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll freeway running from Kifissou some from Skaramangas, outside athend to northeast of Patras, that once had two-lanes running for 70% of the freeway 45 km, now its 45%, 105 km, Patras-Rhion, Longos-Selimantika interchange, Aegion, Platanos to Akrata... The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ... This is a town that uses the same modern name, for other uses see Rio Rio or Rion, Latin: Rhion or Rhium (Greek: Modern: Ρίο Rio, Ancient: Ρίον Rion) is a suburban town north of Patras, Greece. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ...

Nearest places

• Kato Rodini, E
• Rodini, SE
• Drepano, SW
• Arachovitika, W
• Cape Drepano, NW

Arachovitika, Arahovitika or Arakhovitika (Greek: Αραχωβίτικα fr. ...

Geography

• Location:
  • Longitude: 21.868 (21°52'8') E
  • Latitude: 38.325 (38°19'35') N
• Postal code: 265 00
• Elevation:
  • lowest: Gulf of Corinth
  • centre: about 5 m
  • highest: about 200 to 300 m
• Dialing code: +11+30-2610 (030-2610)-93x xxx

The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ... Greece Dialing code 2610 is an area code for much of the metropolitan area of Patras. ...

Historical population

Psathopyrgos has a school, a church, a small port and a square (plateia). Arachovitika is also the northernmost and the easternmost suburban Patras community. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

Psathopyrgos is very famous for its beaches located to the northwest stretching up from southeast of the cape up 800 m SE to the cliffs. The area also includes hotels including Hotel Rodini and Florida Blue Bay. The next main industry are agriculture and fishing.

The area around Psathopyrgos has mainly groves with a few pasture lands and other types of crop surrounding the area to the west and southest. Half of the land is groves. The mountains lie to the south. Forests are situated to the south and the eastern part and are filled with pine trees while grasslands are in the slopey parts. There have never been suburban housing developments. Arachovitika is bounded by the superhighway GR-8A/E65 (Patras - Athens) which also accesses to GR-5/E55, GR-9/E55 and GR-48/E65]] through the westbound lanes to its southeast and east. The Panachaiko cannot be seen, the mountains of southeastern part of Acarnania including Nafpaktia with Nafpaktos and the southern part of Phokida is to the west and the Rio-Antirio bridge can rarely be seen. The small stream which flows about 2 kmwest of Psathopyrgos. The railway runs north of Psathopyrgos. Species About 115. ... Greece Interstate 8A, sometimes Greece Interstate 8 is a toll freeway running from Kifissou some from Skaramangas, outside athend to northeast of Patras, that once had two-lanes running for 70% of the freeway 45 km, now its 45%, 105 km, Patras-Rhion, Longos-Selimantika interchange, Aegion, Platanos to Akrata... Greece Interstate 5 is a highway in Western Greece. ... The European route E55 passes through the following cities: Helsingborg - Elsinore - Rostock - Berlin - Dresden - Teplice - Prague - Vienna - Ancona - Ioannina - Arta (bypasses) - Amphilochia - Agrinion - Messolonghi - Rhion * Antirrhion - Patras - Kourtesi - Marathia - Pyrgos - Epitalion - Zacharo - Kalo Nero - near Dorio - near Oichalia - Allagi - Thouria - Kalamáta From Helsingborg, the route continues northward through Sweden and... Greece Interstate 9 is the second-longest national highway that runs into the Peloponnese. ... Greece Interstate 48 is a highway in Western and Central Greece. ... The Panachaicus (Greek, Modern: Παναχαϊκό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on, commonly Panachaïkos or Panachaiko and Panahaiko, Voidia or Vodia in medieval, post-medieval and until the beginning of the 20th century. ... Acarnania was a region of ancient central western Greece that lay along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. ... Naupactus is also a scientific name, see Naupactus (beetle) Nafpaktos, Latin: Naupactus or Naupactos (Italian, Lepanto; modern Greek, Ναύπακτος, rarely Epakto), is a town in the nomarchy of Acarnania and Aetolia, Greece, situated on a bay on the north side of the straits of Lepanto. ... Phocis (Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s, also Phokida, Phokis) is an ancient district of central Greece. ... The piers of the Rio-Antirio bridge can slide on their gravel beds to accommodate tectonic movement. ...

The new superhighway runs south of the community. It was constructed in the mid 20th century along with an interchange with two curves. It was opened a few years later. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

External links

• Hotel Rodini
• Florida Blue Bay

See also

• Communities of Achaia