Achaea

Achaea is one of 51 prefectures of Greece. It is on the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital of Achaea is Patras.

Achaea Media

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  Patrasgulf

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  Mount Aroania or Chelmos.

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  The snow-capped summits of Erymanthos

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  River Ladon

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  Karst depression (=Polje) near Kato Lousi village (Άνω_Λουσοί_Αχαΐας), north of Kastria

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  View of Kalavryta, Greece, seen from the east. Mount Erymanthos in the background.

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  Map of ancient Peloponnese.

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  Byzantine Greece, ca. 900 AD

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  Map of Frankish Greece with the Principality of Achaea.

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  View of Patras from its fortress (the dome of the cathedral Agios Andreas can be seen near the coastline). Achaea, Greece.