Petroto (Greek: Πετρωτό) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of

Messatida Messatida ( el, Μεσσάτιδα) is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Patras, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Ovry ...

, Achaea,

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. The community consists of the villages Petroto, Mavromandila and Agia Paraskevi. Mavromandila is by far the largest village of the community (pop. 462 in 2001), and is also referred to as ''Petroto''. Mavromandila is located 6 km southeast of Patras city centre, just outside the Patras beltway (

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). The small mountain villages Petroto and Agia Paraskevi are located resp. 5 and 9 km southeast from Mavromandila, to the east and southeast of

Omplos Omplos ( el, Ομπλός) is a mountain in Achaea, Greece. It rises steeply from the coastal plains around Patras to 926 m elevation. It is separated from the higher mountain Panachaikos by the valley of the river Glafkos. The summit is 2 k ...

mountain. The renowned

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winery is situated in Mavromandila.

Geography

The territory of the community Petroto stretches from the coastal plains to the low mountains in the south and east. Mavromandila is at about 130 m elevation, Petroto at 730 m and Agia Paraskevi at about 900 m. The river Glafkos flows east and north of the community.

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forests cover the mountainous southeastern part. Adjacent communities are

Saravali Saravali ( el, Σαράβαλι) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Messatida, Achaea, Greece. The community is located at the southeastern edge of the agglomeration of Patras. The community consists of the villages Saravali, ...

to the west, Neo Souli to the north, Moira to the east and Krystallovrysi to the south.

History

In 1821, during the Greek War of Independence, an important battle took place at Petroto (then known as ''Palaiopyrgos'') and nearby Saravali. This was part of the liberation of Patras.

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