{"id":11,"date":"2018-10-16T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T12:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primarolia.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2022-04-12T05:30:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T05:30:24","slug":"product_history_culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/primarolia.com\/en\/corinthian_currant\/product_history_culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Corinthian currant – Product, history, culture, Primarolia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Corinthian currant<\/strong> was distinguished by high quality, a characteristic that made the product very valuable abroad.<\/span>
\nPatras, Aigio, Corinth, Kiato, Katakolo, Zakynthos, Lixouri and Kalamata were some of the ports that used to be fiiled up with the Corinthian currant.<\/span>
\nThe first ships with the new harvest and the best quality of the Corinthian currant, the Primarolia<\/strong>, used to depart with celebrations, headed to the ports and markets of Europe. Liverpool, London, Trieste, Marseille, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Odessa welcomed the so-called \u201ctreasure of Greece<\/em>\u201d, creating a network of sea routes of the Corinthian currant.<\/span>
\nWhen the ships returned they brought \u201cwealth and culture<\/em>\u201d, financing to a large extend the newly formed post-revolutionary Greek state, its infrastructure, its cities and ports, the prosperity and future of its inhabitants.<\/span>
\nToday, in addition to the commercial voyages, the Corinthian currant invites us to explore new routes in research, innovation and exploration of the real \u201ctreasure\u201d that hides inside its wrinkled body; the identity design of the region connected to the legend of the Corinthian currant. Aegialia.<\/span>
\nLet us follow the network of the Corinthian currant<\/strong>, from the Peloponnese to Europe and the world, from antiquity until today and tomorrow.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Our journey with the modern Primarolia of culture begins!<\/span><\/div>\n

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