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Industrial Buildings and Their Role in the Transformation of a Regional Greek City: The Tobacco Warehouses of Agrinio
Department of Cultural Heritage Management and New Technologies, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Advances in Historical Studies·Volume 05 (2016)·Pages 80–91·Published 14 April 2016·DOI10.4236/ahs.2016.52008
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Abstract
This paper presents the role of the tobacco warehouses in the urban transformation of the provincial Greek city of Agrinio. It covers the period from the establishment of the Greek state in 1830 to the end of the interwar period, with special focus on the 1920s and 1930s. The study of this particular city is done within the broader historical environment of the Greek state, in which urban planning and architecture are among the more general issues raised by the historical conditions. The new data brought to light by the study show the significance of the tobacco warehouses in shaping the city of Agrinio, as well as the influences from Central Europe on local industrial architecture during the interwar years.
KeywordsTobaccoWarehousesArchitectureInterwarGreeceAgrinio
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