Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania.
Ancient and modern Thermon, Aetolia
Ruins of the ancient Calydon
Dimitrios Makris (c. 1772 – 1841) a native of Aetolia was a Greek chief klepht, armatole, military commander and fighter of the 1821 Greek war of independence
Aetolia-Acarnania is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the historical regions of Aetolia and Acarnania, it is the country's largest regional unit. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest city and economic centre at Agrinio. The area is now connected with the Peloponnese peninsula via the Rio-Antirio Bridge. The surrounding regional units take in Arta in Epirus, a narrow length bordering Karditsa of Thessaly, Evrytania to the northeast, and Phocis to the east.
Trichonida lake
Acheloos river
Agrinio
Messolongi lagoon