Ermoupoli

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 shipyards. Eventually Ermoupoli was eclipsed by Piraeus 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. , patron saint of the city. ==Geography==

• Emmanouil Benakis (1843–1929), merchant and politician • Olga Broumas (1949), poet and translator • Manos Eleftheriou (1938–2018), 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 • Markos Vamvakaris (1905–1972), rebetiko musician • Demetrius Vikelas (1835–1908), businessman, writer and the first president of the International Olympic Committee ==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 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|Apollo Theatre File:Ermoupoli, a view of the city and Didymi.jpg|Ermoupoli, Agios Nikolaos & Didymi File:St. Nicolas and Vaporia district, Syros island, Greece - panoramio.jpg|Seaside view of Saint Nicholas Cathedral File:Ermoupoli in syros.jpg|Vaporia district File:Syros ermoupolis 140707.jpg|City view from the port File:ERMOUPOLIS-SYROS.jpg|Ermoupolis & Ano Syros File:Anastaseos Church, Ermoupolis, Syros (September 28, 2014).jpg|Resurrection Church File:Ermoupolis panorama, Syros, Greece - panoramio.jpg|Ermoupolis panorama, Syros, Greece File:Ermoupoli 2.jpg|Restaurants on Emmanuel Rhoides street, Ermoupoli == References ==