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Agkistro or alternatively Agistro ((ギリシア語:Άγκιστρο), ), is a village in the Serres regional unit, Greece. The village is part of the municipality of Sintiki and hosts a population of 410, according to the 2001 census.〔(Kallikratis law ) Greece Ministry of Interior 〕 Agistro lies near the Greek-Bulgarian border and 10 km from the border crossing of Promachonas.〔 The village main tourist attraction is its steam bath complex, which dates from the Byzantine period.〔 ==History== The gold and silver mines found in the mountain of Agkistro, south of the modern village, are believed to have provided valuable material to the armies of Ancient Macedon and especially to the campaign of Alexander the Great, during the 4th century BC,〔 although in archaeological bibliography the specific location has not been identified as one of the ancient mining sites. The steam bath complex and tower in the village center were erected during the Byzantine period, ca. 950 AD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sidiki.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=199:2011-06-09-17-15-18&catid=41:history1&Itemid=57&lang=el )〕 The latter was later converted into a 20 m high clock tower, possibly during the reign of Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos (1328–1341). During Ottoman times the village was known as ''Tsigkeli'' ((トルコ語:Çengel)), while the baths were modified for use by the local Ottoman lord and his harem.〔 Additionally the clock tower was used as a jail and place of executions.〔 Its Bulgarian name was Сенгелово ''Sengelovo'' or Сенгелово ''Sengelevo''. In a survey of 1877 by the French professor A. Synvet, who mostly relied on information supplied by the Patriarchate of Constantinople,〔Archaeology, anthropology, and heritage in the Balkans and Anatolia: the life and times of F.W. Hasluck, 1878-1920, Volume 2; David Shankland; 2004; (p.281 )〕 the village was home to 200 Greeks; while in a survey of 1905, by the Secretary General of the Bulgarian Exarchate, who expressed the Bulgarian point of view, the village was inhabited by 1,536 Bulgarians and had a Bulgarian school,〔D.M. Brancoff. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne, 1905, (p.188 ) (marked as ''Senguelovo'') 〕 which is also confirmed by a map by the Italian Institute Geografico de Agostini of the Christian schools in Macedonia.〔(Map of the Italian Instituto Geografico de Agostini, showing the distribution of schools, churches, monasteries in the Ottoman vilayet of Saloniki. )〕 When the Balkan Wars ended in 1913, the Greek-Bulgarian border was drawn a few metres north of the village. In the years that followed, due to tensions in Greek-Bulgarian relations, the village was to be found within a military zone.〔 In 1920 the local population was 965. In 1923 a number of refugees arrived from the Pontus region, as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, resulting in a population increase (1,240 in 1928).〔 South of the village lies Rupel Fort, which was part of the Greek line of defense that withstood the German invasion in the spring of 1941, during World War II.〔ekathimerini.gr (Pamper yourself in Serres: Village of Agistro offers steam baths and more ).〕 Agkistro formed a separate community, but during the local government reforms of 2011 it was incorporated within the Sintiki municipality, of which it is a municipal unit.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agkistro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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