Tzini () is a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (Commonwealth English) or neighborhood (American English) is a geographically localized community within a larger town, city, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourh ...

in the central part of the city of

Patras Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

. It is named after the Tzini (Τζίνη) family which is descended from

Epirus Epirus () is a Region#Geographical regions, geographical and historical region, historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay ...

. In 1828,

Theodoros Tzinis Theodoros Tzinis () (c. 1798 - 1869) was a Greece, Greek fighter of the Greek War of Independence. He was born in Kompoti, Arta, Greece, Arta in about 1798 and was the main friend of Nikolaos Skoufas, a leader of Filiki Eteria, Filiki Etaireia. He ...

moved to Patras, and in 1831 built a house that still exists today by the side of Maizonos and Agiou Nikolaou Streets. The family bought large properties in the northwestern part of Patras, not far from Dasyllio.

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