Keratsini is a large suburb of Piraeus as well as part of the Athens city complicated. The distance from the facility of Athens is about 11 km. The location was previously a farmhouse, however it was highly urbanized, primarily after the 1950s. The main square of Evgenia is embellished by the sculpture of the Asia Minor, which was erected in memory of the evacuees from the Asia Minor Catastrophe resolved in the area. Pavlos Fissa Avenue is the commercial district of the city with several shops. History The Ancient Times Main Entrance: I am The very first settlement of the District was improved the hill of Agios Georgios Hillside at a point positive to the possibility of raids and presence mixed-up. The structures beside the church of St. George and also the numerous locates provide evidence that the first settlement in the area was constructed around 3000 BC. The name of the area was Thymedata and also was bordering with the piratical negotiation of Heracles, both of which belonged to Ancient Athens. The negotiation was located on the present Avenue of Democracy, which links Piraeus, Keratsini as well as Perama as well as the center of Athens. It is guessed that Theseus built his ships there, based on Plutarch's referral to the Identical Life. The site was abandoned temporarily when Xerxes worked out there. Newer Period The history of the Community during the Roman and also Byzantine durations is unidentified. In the 17th century, on the hill of Agios Georgios was built the very first church in the name of Saint Nicholas. The monks of the abbey of Agios Spyridon called the location from Agios Dionysios (old boundaries) to capital of Agios Georgios Agriamen. This name did not prevail. The official name, both in Ottoman and Greek documents, was Keratsinion or Tseratsinion, with the last being a lot more widespread. The first one dominated in the Modern Greek periods. The name Keratsinion is a complicated word from the Kerathia that sprouted there as well as from the name of the owner of the whole 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 Transformation, Georgios Karaiskakis, who built the fortifications in Tabouria, resolved in Keratsini. In 1827 the city was destroyed by Kioutachis Pasha as well as remained deserted until 1830. In 1836 the residents began to resolve once again and in 1840 the location (now called New village of Tseratsini) belonged to the Town of Athens. In 1870 it became an independent community called Keratsini Village. The Piraeus, in honor of Karaiskakis, constructed a temple beside the chapel of Agios Nikolaos. In 1879 the site was remodelled and converted into an abbey. In 1963, the holy place was damaged and also a boy was constructed in 2000. Every year, the "Karaiskakia" is arranged by the Holy Church of St. George, wishing to honor the Revolutionary Hero, George Karaiskakis. After the arrival of the evacuees from Smyrna on 18 January 1934 the area was changed into a town called the Municipality of Tabouri. Later it was relabelled to the Town of Agios Georgios Keratsini, and from 1936 to 1947 the district was called the District of Amfialis on the effort of the then mayor, Konstantinos Filandrou. In 1947 today name was developed, the Town of Keratsini. In Keratsini, on 13 October 1944, the Fight of Electric, a dispute between ELAS and armed employees and other citizens on the one hand and the pulling away German conquerors on the other. The success of the previous avoided the damage of the power plant, which the last attempted to explode. The damage of the plant would certainly make it impossible for the basin to be energized for a very long time. There is an event of the Historical Archive of PPC and a memorial to the dead fighters has actually been set up. Today Leoforos Dimokratis - Keratsini The District of Keratsini is connected with the town of Drapetsona in 2011 as well as other towns in Greece.

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