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Synonyms for aitoliko or Related words with aitoliko
vonitsa
oinousses
amfilochia
plomari
loutro
meganisi
messolonghi
chalkidiki
lefkada
vathy
vasilika
irakleia
argostoli
polygyros
ierapetra
kalamaki
fournoi
lixouri
sithonia
kalymnos
marathokampos
istiaia
kryoneri
chrysoupoli
kefalonia
fanari
korseon
gavdos
astakos
almyros
filippiada
elafonisos
pyli
krya
akrata
kalyvia
ermioni
leonidio
astypalaia
rafina
kasos
skopelos
limnos
kimolos
vartholomio
kythira
konitsa
koroneia
ermoupoli
karpathos
Examples of "aitoliko"
Aris
Aitoliko
F.C. is a Greek football club, based in
Aitoliko
, Aetolia-Acarnania.
Near the lagoon is the
Aitoliko
Lagoon to the north. Together they form the Missolonghi–
Aitoliko
Lagoons complex.
The
Aitoliko
Lagoon is a lagoon located east of
Aitoliko
surrounding the main municipality and is 14 km² in area.
The
Aitoliko
–Katochi railway () was a metric gauge railway line of the Railways of Northwestern Greece. The line branched off the Kryoneri–Agrinio railway at
Aitoliko
station.
Aitoliko
railway station (, "Sidirodromikos Stathmos Etolikou") was a railway station in the town of
Aitoliko
in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, the station served two rail lines:
The
Aitoliko
Lagoon ( "Limnothalassa Aitolikou") is a lagoon located in the south of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is separated from the larger Missolonghi Lagoon (a bay of the Gulf of Patras) to the south by the island of
Aitoliko
, but together they form the Missolonghi–
Aitoliko
Lagoons complex. Its maximum depth is 28 metres. At a salinity of 19-28 PSU, its water is brackish. Oxygen depletion occurs in a large part of the lagoon, but has been reduced since 2002 by creating larger openings around
Aitoliko
island and dredging channels in Messolongi Lagoon. The main settlement on the lagoon is the town
Aitoliko
.
The Ottoman army arrived before Missolonghi and began the siege on 20 September with a bombardment of
Aitoliko
, an island which controlled the seaways of the Missolonghi lagoon. The subsequent attack on
Aitoliko
failed however.
The municipal unit
Aitoliko
is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
Aitoliko
also has an agricultural and commercial enterprise named Amalthia S.A., which is named after Amalthea.
Vaso Leonardos was born on 5 July 1914 in
Aitoliko
, Aetolia-Acarnania, daughter of George Leonardos and Theodora Sarlis.
Aitoliko
has primary schools, a High School (first three years of secondary education), a Lyceum (the second three-year period of secondary education), several churches, a small post office and a central square.
The increase of "S. aurata" landings in Mesolonghi-
Aitoliko
lagoons complex during the last years can be linked to the rapid development of the fish farms in the around coastal area.
Stamna () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of
Aitoliko
in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. It is located on a chain of low hills that separate the river Acheloos to the west from the bay of
Aitoliko
to the southeast. It is 6 km south of Angelokastro, 11 km northwest of
Aitoliko
, 17 km southwest of Agrinio and 21 km northwest of Missolonghi. The Ionia Odos motorway (Missolonghi - Amfilochia) passes east of the village. The community Stamna consists of the villages Stamna, Stathmos Stamnas (1.5 km east, near the former railway station) and Kefalovrysos (4 km southeast, at the bay). Stamna had a train station on the former railway from Missolonghi to Agrinio.
The lagoon was partly drained in the 20th century especially in the western portion in which a part of the land extended southward with farmlands and dikes. The island of
Aitoliko
or sometimes the peninsula extended by 15 km and 200 m making it the longest extension, the eastern half became a canal and it resembles as a dike.
Aitoliko
was conveniently located with relation to the ancient towns of Pleuron (the name of the son of the mythological father Aetolus comes from along with Kalydon which carries the name of another son) and Oiniadai. The name of the town in the middle of the lagoon dates back to ancient times.
The line shut down except for freight services in 1943 by the Italian occupying forces who scraped it away, using the material to extend the Kryoneri–Agrinio line to Amfilochia. This construction began but was never completed due to the Italian surrender in early September. Very few traces remain today of the
Aitoliko
–Katochi line.
During the reign of King George I of Greece, he was named a member of the committee for the grievances of fighters of the Revolution. He spent the last years of his life in Messolonghi, occupied with the local political life of
Aitoliko
in which he had settled after the death of Kapodistrias.
Lakes include the Amvrakia, the Lysimachia, Ozeros, and Trichonida, and artificial lakes and reservoirs include Kastraki, Kremasta, the largest lake in Greece since its creation in 1970, and Stratos. Two lagoons are found in the southern part of the regional unit: the Messolongi and the
Aitoliko
.
The Missolonghi-
Aitoliko
lagoons complex is located in the north part of the Gulf of Patras in the central west coast of Greece. It is one of the most important Mediterranean lagoons. It is a shallow area of 150 km, extended between the Acheloos and Evinos rivers. It is protected by the Ramsar Convention and it is also included in the Natura 2000 network.
Vogiatzis was born in
Aitoliko
in Aetolia-Acarnania in 1926. He studied at the Dramatic School at the Royal Theatre and for one space at the Industrial Degree. He first appeared in theatre in 1955, immediately after he graduated from the school in the works of William Shakespeare, "The Merchants In Venice" at the Dionyssia Theatre (Theater).