Petros Avgerinos
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Petros Avgerinos was a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 politician

Biography

He was born in Pyrgos, Elis
Pyrgos, Elis
Pyrgos is the capital of the Elis peripheral unit in Greece. It is named after a local tower. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain near the Ionian Sea. It is 96 km away from Patras via Greek National Road 9, 320 km from Athens, and...

 and was related to the Avgerinos
Avgerinos
Avgerinos is a community located in the Tsotyli municipal unit, situated in western Kozani peripheral unit, in the Greek region of Macedonia.-References:...

 family. He was mayor of Pyrgos a number of times between 1868 and 1889.

During his term as mayor, he created the public market, the Apollo Theatre, and organised work on the Pyrgos-Katakolo
Katakolo
Katakolo is a seaside town in western Ilia in the municipality of Pyrgos. It is located south of Patras and Dounaiika, 12 km off downtown Pyrgos, west of Olympia and northwest of Messenia...

railway line. He also ran a philharmonic school.
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