Panaitolio, Aitoloakarnania

Panaitolio (Παναιτώλιο ) Aitoloakarnania

Panaitolio, officially Panaitolion, is a lowland town and community of the Regional Unit of Etoloakarnania at an altitude of 67 meters.

Geography - Sights

Panaitolio is located just 5 km southeast of Agrinio and is almost connected to it. It borders Kainourgio (NE), the national road Antirriou - Ioannina (D.), Nea Avorani and Lake Trichonida. Its fertile plain begins near the foothills of Mount Panaitolikos and ends at the reeds of the lake. The main products are olives, corn and clover. With its well-built stone houses, it dominates the area of ​​Trichonida, on the outskirts of which are the "Ambaria", known for its fauna, flora and where in the past years the trade of eels and other fish had developed. The old pumping station was renovated through the European LIFE - NATURE Program 1999 and converted into a Trichonida Environmental Center. It has an exhibition space with thematic paintings, a model of Trichonida, an aquarium with fish from the lake, a screening room and a water quality analysis laboratory. In the same place there is an exhibition hall of the Women's Cooperative of Panaitolio with local products (pastries, trachana, noodles, etc.) [3].

History

In the online newspaper of Agrinio "Nea Epochi" Athanasios Paliouras narrates: "East and south of Vrachori lies the extreme district, which everyone calls Dutsaga. My grandfather, Barba-Zachos Kappas, who reached one hundred and said goodbye to us One Good Friday in 1961, he said that, as he recalled from the ancients who talked about it, when he was a child - that is, around 1880 - everyone knew about Duch - aga. This Turkish aga ruled our region until the time they rebelled. the Vrachorites - another heroic story - that is, until June 11, 1821. It was Duts agas, the son-in-law of Mustafa - Pasha, who had in his possession the whole lakeside area and up to Ai Giannis Riganas. This large and rich suburb of Agrinio, Panaitolio today, the older ones know half as Mustafouli and the other half as Haliki. From my childhood I also remember that every weekend the water came from the river of Hermit yours (Ermitsa) and Roupakia was watered. They were, they said, in the dowry agreement that Mustafa-Pasha gave to Duts-aga. Turkish customary law that has remained strong and omnipotent to this day, above any newer regulation. "

Personalities of Panaitolio

Christos Kapralos (1909 - 1993), sculptor [4]
Dimitris Pistikos (1948 -), lawyer, poet and essayist [5]

Administratively

Panaitolio is officially mentioned after the liberation in 1835 with the name Mustafouli in the Government Gazette 19A - 07/12/1835 being attached to the then municipality of Thermo. In 1912, with the Government Gazette 261A - 31/08/1912, the seat of the newly established community of Moustafouli was designated. In 1928 with Government Gazette 81A - 14/05/1928 it was renamed Panaitolion [6]. According to the Kallikratis program, it is the local community of Panaitolio that belongs to the municipal unit of Thestiea of ​​the Municipality of Agrinio and according to the 2011 census it has 2,935 permanent residents [7].
Presidents of the Community of Panaitolio

Presidents of the Community were as follows:
From Up to Name [8] (birth-death) Notes
1912 1975? -
1975 1982 Dimitrios Papachristos Elected in 1975, first elected president after the fall of the junta.
1983 1994 Christos Paparizos
1995 31 December 1998 Ioannis Papachristos Last President of the Community until its abolition and its annexation to the Municipality of Thestiea.

Sport
The emblem of Olympic Panetolio

The "Olympic Gymnastics Association of Panetolio" is located in Panaitolio [9], which has an official founding year in 1948 [10] and represents the area in the local football events of the Hellenic Olympic Committee. Etoloakarnania. He fights with the colors red and white and his emblem is the laurel-crowned teenager.

Olympiacos Panaitoliou has a long-standing presence in the local championships, while in 1993 it was a finalist of the EPS cup. Etoloakarnania against Nafpaktiakos Asteras. [11]
External links

The history of Panaitolio from the website of Panaitolio High School
Historic monument of the community of Panaitolikos from the website http://listedmonuments.culture.gr

References

Encyclopedia New Structure. Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 309, vol. 26.
"MUNICIPALITY OF AGRINI". www.cityofagrinio.gr. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
"New - Panaitolio Destination - Tourist information - Holidays New - Panaitolio - diakopes.gr". Holidays. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
"Capralos, Christos (Panaitolio of Agrinio, 1909 - Athens, 1993) - Ekdotiki Athinon AE". www.greekencyclopedia.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
"Dimitris Pistikos". www.epoxi.gr. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
"EETAA-Hellenic Society for Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr.

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