Place - History of Etoloakarnania

Η Aitoloakarnania (official name: Prefecture of Aetolia and Acarnania) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. It is located in the western part of Greece. The prefecture is a union of Aetolia and Acarnania. The capital of the prefecture is Messolonghi and the largest city and financial center is Agrinio. Other important cities are Nafpaktos, Aetoliko, Amfilochia, Vonitsa, Astakos and Thermo. The area has been connected to the Peloponnese since 2004 via the Rio-Antirio Bridge, while the connection with a Ferry continues to operate in the same area.

The region of Etoloakarnania is associated with a long history that is lost in the depths of the centuries. Ancient historians such as Thucydides and geographers such as Pausanias and Strabo inform us about the role that the area played in antiquity. He released the greatest singer of our municipal tradition, Takis Karnavas (he was born in 1936 and died in 1999 in Kandila, Etoloakarnania).

(source: Wikipedia)

 

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