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Alikirna was an ancient Etolian city that dates back in the 4th century BC. The findings are of great archaeological value, and what impresses the visitor most is the vast expanse of the
ancient city along with the design and the town’s street planning.
In the northernmost peak of the hill, are the ruins of a small fortification, about 20 acres long, that surrounds the citadel. Tombs from the Geometric and Hellenistic periods, part of an ancient residence’s gravel floor together with a section of an ancient drainage pipe and an underground Macedonian type tomb that consists of an anteroom and two burial chambers, have also been discovered in the area.
Plevrona was one of the major cities of atolia. It is located at the foot of Arakynthos northwest of Messolonghi. Today the locals call these ruins “Castle of Kyra Rini” as well. According to mythology the area was named after Plevronas, son of the founder of Etolia, Etolo.
The Contemporary Art Gallery of Christos and Sophia Moschandreou is housed in a neoclassical building of 1835, in the square of Saint Spyridon. It was originally founded in order to accommodate the collections of its founders, but today one can find there works of great painters, sculptors and printmakers of the 19th and 20th century along with the open library of Art and History.
The Gallery preserves the Greek culture and develops the cultural activities throughout the Greek periphery. During its “multicultural” operation, the Gallery has organized several important exhibitions with collections of its works throughout Greece in cooperation with some other relevant cultural institutions.