Ermoupoli (), also known by the formal older name Ermoupolis or Hermoupolis ( < "Town of

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"), is a town and former

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on the island of

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, in the

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. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Syros-Ermoupoli, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is also the capital of the

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region. The municipal unit has an area of 11.18 km².

History

Ermoupoli was founded during the Greek Revolution in the 1820s, as an extension to the existing Ano Syros township, by refugees from other Greek islands because of the War. It soon became the leading commercial and industrial center of Greece, as well as its main port. The renowned Greek Steamship Company was founded in the city in 1856. Thousands of ships were built in the various Syros

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s. Eventually Ermoupoli was eclipsed by

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in the late 19th century. In the following decades the city declined, remaining the administrative center of the Cyclades islands. In the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, its economy has significantly improved, based on the sectors of services, industry, education and tourism. Syros emoupolis agios nikolaos 240707

Geography

Climate

Notable people

* Emmanouil Benakis (1843–1929), merchant and politician *

Olga Broumas Olga Broumas (born 6 May 1949, Hermoupolis) is a Greek poet, resident in the United States. She has been Poet-in-Residence and Director of Creative Writing at Brandeis University since 1995. Biography Born and raised on the island of Syros, Broum ...

(1949), poet and translator * Manos Eleutheriou, lyricist * Stelios Mainas (1957), actor * Michael Melas, father of Pavlos Melas, fighter of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia * Emmanuel Rhoides (1836–1904), writer and journalist *

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(1905–1972),

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musician * Demetrius Vikelas (1835–1908), businessman, writer and the first president of the

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Gallery

File:Posidonos, Ermoupoli 841 00, Greece - panoramio (1).jpg, Ermoupolis File:Syros Ano Syros u Ermoupolis140707.jpg, Ano Syros und Ermoupolis File:Syros1904.jpg, Postcard of Ermoupoli, 1904 File:Syros emoupolis rathaus 240707.jpg, The City Hall,

Miaoulis Square Miaouli Square () is a town square, square in the city of Ermoupolis, Syros island in Greece. History The square was designed by the Bavarian architect Wilhelm von Weiler in the early 19th century. It is the main square of Ermoupolis. Its form ...

File:Dimarxeio Ermoupolis night.jpg, Ermoupoli town hall at night, Syros, 2019 File:Street in Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece 2.jpg, Eleutheriou Venizelou street File:Apollon Theater.JPG,

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References

External links

Official website of Ermoupoli
{{Authority control Greek prefectural capitals Greek regional capitals Populated places in Syros Populated places established in the 1820s