Ermoupolis

• Name — Ermoupoli • Native Name — Ερμούπολη • Type — municipal unit • Image Map — DE Ermoupoleos.svg • Map Caption — Location within the regional unit • Periph — South Aegean • Periphunit — Syros • Municipality — Syros-Ermoupoli • Pop Municunit — 13399 • Pop Community — 11039 • Population As Of — 2021 • Area Municunit — 11.2 • Elevation M — 20 • Postal Code — 841 00 • Area Code — 22810 • Licence — ΕΜ • Website — www.hermoupolis.gr • Image Seal — Ermoupolis sima.png • Established C — 1820s Ermoupoli, also known by the formal older name Ermoupolis or Hermoupolis (2.

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. • Illustration — The Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of the city.

• 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

• Illustration — Ermoupolis • Illustration — Ano Syros und Ermoupolis • Illustration — Postcard of Ermoupoli, 1904 • Illustration — The City Hall, Miaoulis Square • Illustration — Ermoupoli town hall at night, Syros, 2019 • Illustration — Eleutheriou Venizelou street • Illustration — Apollo Theatre • Illustration — Ermoupoli, Agios Nikolaos & Didymi • Illustration — Seaside view of Saint Nicholas Cathedral • Illustration — Vaporia district • Illustration — City view from the port • Illustration — Ermoupolis & Ano Syros • Illustration — Resurrection Church • Illustration — Ermoupolis panorama, Syros, Greece • Illustration — Restaurants on Emmanuel Rhoides street, Ermoupoli