Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, pronounced [aˈɣrinio], Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania local unit of Greece and its biggest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the affordable center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capital is the community of Mesolonghi. The settlement goes back to old times. Ancient Agrinion was 3 kilometres (2 miles) northeast of today city; some wall surfaces and also structures of which have actually been dug deep into. In medieval times as well as till 1836, the city was referred to as Vrachori (Βραχώρι).
Most of the regional population was inhabited for an essential period of time in the cigarette industry, from the last years of 19th till completion of the 20th century. Big tobacco firms were started in the city, consisting of the renowned Papastratos, along with Panagopoulos and also Papapetrou. Agrinion is also agriculturally known for its manufacturing of Agrinion olives.
Classical times
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Stratos ancient theater
According to mythology, the ancient city of Agrinio (located in the location of Megali Chora) was built by king Agrios, son of Portheus [2] and a terrific grand son of Aetolos (king of Plevron as well as Calydon) around 1600-1100 BC. The community, built near the banks of river Achelous (the all-natural boundary between Aetolia and Acarnania), was asserted by both states throughout ancient times. Agrinio entered of the Aetolian League and also it was later on damaged by Cassander in 314 BC during the League's battles versus the Kingdom of Macedonia.
Footrest Period
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The city reappears during the Footrest period with the name Vrachori as well as apart from its Greek populace it was likewise lived in by numerous Turks (Muslims). In 1585 it was deserted during the rebellion of Theodoros Migas. At the start of the 18th century it ended up being the administrative centre of Aetolia-Acarnania (after that as the sanjak of Karleli), depended upon the royal hareems. Vrachori participated in the Greek Revolution and also was temporarily freed, by a military team led by Alexakis Vlachopoulos, on June 11, 1821. In August 1822, while Reşid Mehmed Pasha's (Kütahi) soldiers were http://edition.cnn.com/search/?text=ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ ΝΕΑ marching in the direction of Vrachori, its residents decided to melt and evacuate their city, following the technique of scorched planet. The deserted city was recaptured by the Turks. The city was finally included in the boundaries of the newborn Greek state completely in 1832 with the Treaty of Constantinople (July 9, 1832) as well as was renamed after its old name, Agrinion.
Modern Period
Christmas Central Square
Papastratos warehouses
Sight of the city
Central square
In the years complying with the liberation, Agrinio went through an essential development and also growth, particularly at the end of the 19th century and the dawn of the 20th. After the Greco-Turkish War and the Asia Minor Disaster, numerous refugees from Asia Minor (western Turkey) got here in the city and also cleared up in the district of Agios Konstantinos. At the same duration there was a vital interior immigration to Agrinio from the whole Aetolia-Acarnania region, along with immigration from the locations of Epirus as well as Evrytania.
Throughout the Interwar duration, despite economical situation, jobs of facilities happened in the city, like the paving of streets as well as the installment of electrical power, while a water tower was installed in 1930. At the exact same time excavations revealed the old city of Agrinion. Development as well as prosperity returned after The second world war as well as the Greek Civil Battle. This development was enhanced by the structure of 2 major hydroelectric dam installments at Kremasta and also Kastraki, on the north of the city. The tobacco market as well as olive tree farming came ΝΕΑ ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΥ to be the primary earnings resources of the city.