Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, pronounced [aˈɣrinio], Latin: Agrinium) is the biggest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania local device of Greece and also its largest district, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the affordable center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its funding is the community of Mesolonghi. The negotiation goes back to old times. Ancient Agrinion was 3 kilometres (2 miles) northeast of the here and now city; some walls and also structures of which have actually been dug deep into. In middle ages times as well as until 1836, the city was known as Vrachori (Βραχώρι).
The majority of the neighborhood population was occupied for a crucial period of time in the tobacco sector, from the last years of 19th till the end of http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ ΝΕΑ the 20th century. Big tobacco firms were started in the city, including the famous Papastratos, alongside Panagopoulos and Papapetrou. Agrinion is likewise agriculturally understood for its production of Agrinion olives.
Antiquity
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Stratos old theater
According to folklore, the ancient city of Agrinio (located in the location of Megali Chora) was constructed by king Agrios, boy of Portheus [2] as well as a fantastic grandson of Aetolos (king of Plevron and Calydon) around 1600-1100 BC. The community, developed near the banks of river Achelous (the natural boundary in between Aetolia and Acarnania), was declared by both states during old times. Agrinio became member of the Aetolian Organization and also it was later on ruined by Cassander in 314 BC throughout the League's battles versus the Kingdom of Macedonia.
Ottoman Age
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The city reappears throughout the Ottoman duration with the name Vrachori and apart from its Greek population it was likewise populated by many Turks (Muslims). In 1585 it was deserted during the rebellion of Theodoros Migas. At the start of the 18th century it became the management centre of Aetolia-Acarnania (after that as the sanjak of Karleli), depended on the royal hareems. Vrachori joined the Greek Transformation and also was briefly freed, by an army group led by Alexakis Vlachopoulos, on June 11, 1821. In August 1822, while Reşid Mehmed Pasha's (Kütahi) soldiers were marching in the direction of Vrachori, its residents determined to shed and ΝΕΑ ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΥ leave their city, adhering to the strategy of scorched earth. The deserted city was regained by the Turks. The city was lastly included in the boundaries of the newborn Greek state permanently in 1832 with the Treaty of Constantinople (July 9, 1832) and also was renamed after its old name, Agrinion.
Modern Age
Xmas Central Square
Papastratos storehouses
Sight of the city
Central square
In the years following the liberation, Agrinio experienced a vital development and development, especially at the end of the 19th century and the dawn of the 20th. After the Greco-Turkish War as well as the Asia Minor Catastrophe, numerous evacuees from Asia Minor (western Turkey) arrived in the city and also cleared up in the district of Agios Konstantinos. At the same duration there was an important interior migration to Agrinio from the entire Aetolia-Acarnania region, in addition to immigration from the locations of Epirus and also Evrytania.
During the Interwar duration, even with economical situation, works of infrastructure took place in the city, like the paving of roads and the installment of electrical energy, while a water tower was installed in 1930. At the same time excavations exposed the ancient city of Agrinion. Growth as well as success returned after The second world war as well as the Greek Civil War. This development was boosted by the building of 2 significant hydroelectric dam setups at Kremasta and Kastraki, on the north of the city. The tobacco industry and also olive tree growing ended up being the major revenue resources of the city.