Agrinio is the largest city of the Prefecture of Aetonia and is the link that connects Aetolia with Acarnania. The location of the city, in the land of Aetoloakarnania, is defined by the ancient water god Acheloos who flows next to it and lies to the NW of Lake Trichonida, almost at the edge of the \"great Aetolian field\". It is located at the foot of Panaitolikos and at an altitude of 90 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The history of the city is lost in the depths of the centuries, as it was inhabited since the early years of the prehistoric period. According to mythology<\/a>\u00a0was built by the Wild King, who was a descendant of the progenitor Aetolos and the son of Pleuron. The city, built almost beside the river Acheloos<\/a>, which was the natural border between Aetolia<\/a> and Acarnania<\/a>, was several times under the rule of both sides and 314 BC<\/a> destroyed by Kassandro<\/a>. The excavations of Miliadis in 1920 showed that the ancient city was located in the neighboring Zapanti<\/em> (today's Megali Chora). In recent years, however, many antiquities have been found even in the center of today's city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After some centuries in obscurity, the city reappears in the age of Turkish rule<\/a>, with the name Vrahori (Imbrahoar). It was inhabited by many Turks and at the beginning of the 18th century it became the seat of Sandzaki of Karleli, the administrative center of today's Aetoloakarnanias<\/a>. He took an active part in Revolution of 1821<\/a> and released temporarily on the June 11<\/a> by 1821<\/a>. It was later recaptured by Kioutachi<\/a> and was finally permanently registered on the borders of the free Greek state, the 1832<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the liberation, Vrachori took back its ancient name Agrinion. The city began to develop rapidly, especially after the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, when it turned massively to the cultivation of tobacco<\/a>. Huge warehouses and tobacco processing factories were built, mainly those of the Papastratou<\/a>, Papapetrou and Panagopoulos<\/a>. After Asia Minor Disaster<\/a>, many refugees arrived in the city and settled in the area of Agios Konstantinos, while we had a large population movement and from the Epirus<\/a> and Eurytania<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n more on the below link: <\/p>\n\n\n\n