Agrinio (Greek: Αγρίνιο, pronounced [aˈɣrinio], Latin: Agrinium) is the largest city of the Aetolia-Acarnania local unit of Greece and its largest municipality, with 106,053 inhabitants. It is the cost-effective center of Aetolia-Acarnania, although its capital is the community of Mesolonghi. The negotiation dates back to old times. Ancient Agrinion was 3 kilometres (2 miles) northeast of the here and now city; some walls as well as structures of which have been excavated. In medieval times and also till 1836, the city was known as Vrachori (Βραχώρι).
The majority of the neighborhood populace was occupied for a crucial time period in the tobacco sector, from the last years of 19th till completion of the 20th century. Huge tobacco firms were established in the city, including the well-known Papastratos, along with Panagopoulos and Papapetrou. Agrinion is also agriculturally understood for its production of Agrinion olives.
Classical times
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Stratos old cinema
According to mythology, the ancient city of Agrinio (located in the location of Megali Chora) was constructed by king Agrios, boy of Portheus [2] and a wonderful grandson of Aetolos (king of Plevron as well as Calydon) around 1600-1100 BC. The town, constructed near the financial institutions of river Achelous (the all-natural border between Aetolia as well as Acarnania), was claimed by both states throughout ancient times. Agrinio entered of the Aetolian Organization as well as it was later on destroyed by Cassander in 314 BC during the Organization's wars versus the Kingdom of Macedonia.
Footrest Era
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The city reappears throughout the Ottoman duration with the name Vrachori as well as besides its https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?search=ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ ΝΕΑ Greek population it was additionally populated by several Turks (Muslims). In 1585 it was deserted throughout the revolt of Theodoros Migas. At the beginning of the 18th century it ended up being the administrative centre of Aetolia-Acarnania (then as the sanjak of Karleli), depended on the imperial hareems. Vrachori joined the Greek Revolution and was temporarily freed, by a military team led by Alexakis Vlachopoulos, on June 11, 1821. In August 1822, while Reşid Mehmed Pasha's (Kütahi) troops were marching in the direction of Vrachori, its citizens chose to burn as well as evacuate their city, adhering to the technique of scorched planet. The deserted city was regained by the Turks. The city was ultimately consisted of in the borders of the newborn Greek state permanently in 1832 with the Treaty of Constantinople (July 9, 1832) and also was renamed after its ancient name, Agrinion.
Modern Era
Christmas Central Square
Papastratos warehouses
View of the city
Central square
In the years adhering to the freedom, Agrinio underwent a crucial development and also advancement, especially at the end of the 19th century and also the dawn of the 20th. After the Greco-Turkish Battle and the Asia Minor Disaster, numerous refugees from Asia Minor (western Turkey) got here in the city and cleared up in the district of Agios Konstantinos. At the exact same duration there was an essential inner immigration to Agrinio from the whole Aetolia-Acarnania area, in addition to migration from the areas of Epirus and also Evrytania.
Throughout the Interwar duration, despite economical crisis, works of facilities happened in the city, like the paving of roads as well as the installation of electrical power, while a water tower was installed in 1930. At the very same time excavations ΕΠΙΚΑΙΡΟΤΗΤΑ ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ revealed the ancient city of Agrinion. Development and also success returned after World War II and the Greek Civil Battle. This development was improved by the building of 2 major hydroelectric dam installations at Kremasta and Kastraki, on the north of the city. The cigarette industry and olive tree cultivation ended up being the main income resources of the city.