Mantzavineika or Mantzavinaiika (Greek: ''Μαντζαβινέικα'' or ''Μαντζαβιναίικα'') is an old
neighbourhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; American and British English spelling differences, see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community ...
in the eastern part of the city of
Patras northeast of the
Roman Odeon of Patras. The origin of the name comes from the family of Patras "Mantzavini" (Μαντζαβίνη) which lived in Sotiradi and Pantokratoros Streets. The family descended from the village of
Mantzavinata
Mantzavinata ( el, Μαντζαβινάτα) is a village in the southwest of Kefalonia island, Greece, where the famous Mantzavino Wine is sold. Mantzavinata is 4 km southwest of Lixouri on the Paliki peninsula. Mantzavinata has three chu ...
in which is now in the municipality of
Lixouri
Lixouri ( el, Ληξούρι) is a town and a municipality in the island of Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands of western Greece. It is the main town on the peninsula of Paliki, and the second largest town in Kefalonia after Argostoli ...
in the
Kefalonia prefecture.
References
* Κώστας Ν. Τριανταφύλλου, ''Ιστορικόν Λεξικόν των Πατρών'', Τόμος Β', Τυπογραφείο Πέτρου Χρ. Κούλη, Πάτρα 1995, Τρίτη Έκδοση, λήμμα "Μαντζαβίνος" (in Greek)
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Neighborhoods in Patras