Egio / Aegio is located about 30km east of Patras and is the second largest city of the Greek prefecture Achaea..
It covers an area of ​​about 150 square kilometers and has about 30,000 inhabitants..

The majority of the city is located on a 35 m high plateau overlooking the sea (Gulf of Corinth), which is the northern boundary of the urban area.. In the south rise the foothills of the Panachaiko massif..
Like all places in the region, Aegia Earthquake is also at risk..

Aegio is first mentioned in Homer´s Iliad, where it was reckoned as King Agamemnon´s dominion..
Aegio was part of the Achaean League, but had in Roman times its importance to Patras as a trading city

The last ancient evidence of Aegio are coin finds from the early 3rd century AD After that, each loses Lane, and the city appears only in the High Middle Ages under the Slavic name Vostitsa.. The reason for this blatant incision can only be speculated, with a natural disaster such as a renewed earthquake or tidal wave likely to be very likely.. Due to the topography, it can be assumed that the ancient Aegion had a lower city by the sea and an upper town on the plateau above the Gulf of Corinth.. The latter, in particular, was better protected against tidal waves caused by earthquakes..

Like Patras, Aegio has been conquered by Venetians and Turks throughout its history..
The latter occupied the city until the independence of Greece on March 26, 1821 occupied..

In the 20th century. reached Aegio meaning in the trade with raisins, paper (old paper factory at the port!) and lemons..

Interesting to visit:

* Twelve fountains;. Source by the sea with 12 water spitting lions

* Tripiti church, partly built in the rocks of the city plateau..

* Faneromini Cathedral, neoclassical cathedral in the city center..

* Archaeological Museum, housed in the former 19th-century market hall designed by the German architect Ernst Ziller, exhibits numerous archaeological finds from the city and region..

Transport

Aegio is on the N8 Patras-Corinth, it has both a bus and train station and is connected by ferry lines to the central Greek mainland.


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