Keratsini is a large residential area of Piraeus as well as component of the Athens city complex. The range from the center of Athens is about 11 km. The location was formerly a farmhouse, but it was strongly urbanized, mostly after the 1950s. The main square of Evgenia is adorned by the statue of the Asia Minor, which was put up in memory of the evacuees from the Asia Minor Disaster cleared up in the location. Pavlos Fissa Opportunity is the business area of the city with several stores. Background The Ancient Times Main Entryway: I am The very first negotiation of the Municipality was improved the hillside of Agios Georgios Hill at a point beneficial to the possibility of raids and also presence mixed-up. The foundations beside the church of St. George as well as the different locates give proof that the very first negotiation in the location was built around 3000 BC. The name of the location was Thymedata and also was surrounding with the piratical settlement of Heracles, both of which came from Ancient Athens. The settlement was located on the current Method of Freedom, which links Piraeus, Keratsini and Perama and also the facility of Athens. It is hypothesized that Theseus developed his ships there, based upon Plutarch's referral to the Parallel Life. The site was deserted momentarily when Xerxes worked out there. Newer Period The history of the Municipality throughout the Roman and also Byzantine durations is unidentified. In the 17th century, on capital of Agios Georgios was constructed the first church in the name of Saint Nicholas. The monks of the abbey of Agios Spyridon called the location from Agios Dionysios (old limits) to the hill of Agios Georgios Agriamen. This name did not dominate. The main name, both in Ottoman as well as Greek files, was Keratsinion or Tseratsinion, with the latter being much more common. The very first one dominated in the Modern Greek periods. The name Keratsinion is a complex word from the Kerathia that sprouted there and from the name of the owner of the entire area from the Hill of Agios Georgios to the Manitica as well as from today's cemetery of Anastasios to Drapetsona, called Ginis or Gynis. Modern Background During the Greek Change, Georgios Karaiskakis, who built the strongholds in Tabouria, cleared up in Keratsini. In 1827 the city was damaged by Kioutachis Pasha and also stayed deserted till 1830. In 1836 the occupants began to clear up once more and also in 1840 the location (currently called New town of Tseratsini) belonged to the Town of Athens. In 1870 it came to be an autonomous area called Keratsini Village. The Piraeus, in honor of Karaiskakis, constructed a holy place alongside the church of Agios Nikolaos. In 1879 the site was refurbished and also converted into a monastery. In 1963, the holy place was ruined and also a young man was built in 2000. Yearly, the "Karaiskakia" is arranged by the Holy Church of St. George, wanting to recognize the Revolutionary Hero, George Karaiskakis. After the arrival of the refugees from Smyrna on 18 January 1934 the area was changed right into a community called the Municipality of Tabouri. Later it was relabelled to the District of Agios Georgios Keratsini, as well as from 1936 to 1947 the municipality was called the Municipality of Amfialis on the initiative of the then mayor, Konstantinos Filandrou. In 1947 the here and now name was developed, the Town of Keratsini. In Keratsini, on 13 October 1944, the Fight of Electric, a problem between ELAS as well as armed employees and also other people on the one hand and also the pulling back German conquerors on the other. The triumph of the previous protected against the damage of the nuclear power plant, which the latter tried to explode. The destruction of the plant would make it impossible for the container to be amazed for a very long time. There is an event of the Historic Archive of PPC and a memorial to the dead competitors has been put up. Today Leoforos Dimokratis - Keratsini The Municipality of Keratsini is related to the town of Drapetsona in 2011 as well as other municipalities in Greece.

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