page_title: Aigio
section_title: Landmarks and sights
hierarchical_section_title: Aigio / Landmarks and sights
caption_attribution_description: Ελληνικά: Ο Μητροπολιτικός ναός του Αιγίου Παναγία Φανερωμένη
context_page_description: Aigio, also written as Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio, is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Aigio is the second largest city in Achaea after Patras. The municipal unit has an area of 151.101 km². It has population of around 26,000 while the municipality has about 49,000 inhabitants. Aigio is a port town on the Gulf of Corinth, and takes its name from the ancient city of Aegium.
context_section_description: The church of Panagia Tripiti is a notable attraction. It is a national sacred shrine dedicated to the Theotokos, God-bearer or Mother of God, the Life Giving Spring. It is built on a steep cliff almost 30 meters high, near to sea, in a beautiful landscape full of cypresses and pine trees.
  The church of Panagia Faneromeni (inaugurated in 1914), which is the cathedral of Aigio, is the work of Saxon-Greek architect Ernst Ziller. The interior is decorated with paintings of Constantine Fanelis.
  The Archaeological Museum of Aigio is housed in the former municipal market of Aigio. It also was designed by architect Ernst Ziller and it was built in 1890.
  Ypsila Alonia Square, the central square of the town. In the square there is the neogothic Tower of Ypsila Alonia which now houses a cafeteria
  The beach promenade
  Plateia Agias Lavras is also a known square in the centre of the town, lined with neoclassical houses and shops
caption: Faneromeni church, designed by Ernst Ziller.
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