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Carras (other)
Carras may refer to: *Porto Carras, northern Greece Resort *Yiannis Carras John Constantine Carras (; 1907– 1989) was a Greek shipping magnate, grandson of captain and sailing-ship owner Ioannis I. Carras from Kardamyla of Chios. Early life John Carras studied economics in Lausanne and subsequently became a principa ... (1907-1989), shipowner See also * Karras {{disambig, surname Greek-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Carras
Porto Carras (Greek: Πόρτο Καρράς), known as Porto Carras Grand Resort, is one of northern Greece's largest and most famous hotels and holiday resorts. It is located on Sithonia, Chalkidiki peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. It is about 120 km away from Greece's second-biggest city, Thessaloniki. Porto Carras was created by Yiannis Carras, a Greek businessman and ship-owner. Originally it was planned with the renowned architect Walter Gropius, but the construction works started posthumously in 1973. The project brought a revolution to Chalkidiki's tourism. Porto Carras Grand Resort includes two major hotels, the 5-star Meliton and 4-star Sithonia as well as the bungalow style hotels Marina Village and Kalyva Mare. There are also 45,000 olive trees; basketball, football, tennis, and golf sports areas as well as a vineyard covering an area of 475,000 m². Porto Carras is home to the biggest private marina in northern Greece, having berths for 315 boats. It also contains res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiannis Carras
John Constantine Carras (; 1907– 1989) was a Greek shipping magnate, grandson of captain and sailing-ship owner Ioannis I. Carras from Kardamyla of Chios. Early life John Carras studied economics in Lausanne and subsequently became a principal in the London office of Angelos Lusi CBE. Career After the Second World War John Carras received one of the 100 Liberty vessels allotted by the US to Greece. The company A. Lusi Ltd. was renamed to J.C. Carras Sons (Shipbrokers) Ltd. in 1955, which he founded with his father, Michael Carras, and subsequently took delivery of various newbuildings from British, Yugoslav and Japanese shipyards. Carras was the first shipowner in the world who ordered and took delivery of a Japanese ship built for export after the war. Delivery of the tanker Tini in 1952 ordered from Hitachi, marked the start of a huge influx of Greek business for Japan's nascent shipbuilding industry. In the late 1960s the fleet of the J. C. Carras group of companies at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karras
Karras or Karas () is a Greek surname. The female form of the surname is Karra or Kara. It may refer, among others, to one of the following people: *Alex Karras (1935–2012), Greek-American football player, professional wrestler, and actor *George Karras (c.1929–2017), American football coach * Ioannis Karras, Greek football personality * Johnny Karras (1928–2008), American football player *Kostas Karras (1936–2012), Greek actor and politician * Lou Karras (1927–2018), American football player *Nolan Karras (born 1944), American politician * Ruth Karras (born 1957), medieval historian * Ted Karras (born 1964), American football player * Ted Karras III (born 1993), American football player *Theodore Karras (born 1934), American football player *Vasilis Karras (born 1953), Greek singer Fictional *Father Karras Father Damien Karras, SJ, is a fictional character from the 1971 novel ''The Exorcist'', its 1983 sequel '' Legion'', one of the main protagonists in the 1973 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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