Tasi (Greek: Τάσι) is an old
neighbourhood
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in the city of
Patras
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. It is located close to the castle in the modern upper city. During the
Frankish rule, it contained a square named Tasso. During the
Ottoman rule
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, the area around the square and the neighbourhood of Tasi (an alterration of Tasso) was destroyed. Then the square became the centre and the city market. There it had all of its trade shops of the city. Today, it conjectures that the neighbourhood and the square is located in the present neighbourhood of
Pantokratora.
References
* Δ. Καρατζά, Χ. Χαραλάμπους, Δ. Γκότση, Γ. Λύρα, ''Πάτρα, ονομάτων επίσκεψις'', Έκδοση των εφημερίδων ''Εθνικός Κήρυξ των Πατρών'' και ''Ημερήσιος Κήρυξ των Πατρών'', Πάτρα 1995 (in Greek)
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Neighborhoods in Patras