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    Missolonghi or Mesolongi (Greek: Μεσολόγγι, pronounced [mesoˈloɲɟi]) is a municipality of 32,048 people (according to the 2021 census) in western Greece...
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    The Third Siege of Missolonghi (Greek: Τρίτη Πολιορκία του Μεσσολογίου, often erroneously referred to as the second siege) was fought in the Greek War...
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    Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi (French: La Grèce sur les ruines de Missolonghi) is an 1826 oil painting by French painter Eugène Delacroix, and now...
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    Missolonghi (Greek: Πρώτη πολιορκία του Μεσολογγίου) was an attempt by Ottoman forces to capture the strategically located port town of Missolonghi during...
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  • The siege of Missolonghi may refer to one of three different sieges of the town of Missolonghi during the Greek War of Independence: The First Siege of...
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    The Second Siege of Missolonghi was the second attempt by Ottoman forces to capture the strategically located port town of Missolonghi during the third year...
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    capture of Missolonghi by Turkish forces in 1825. With a restraint of palette appropriate to the allegory, Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi displays...
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    taking Missolonghi and thus securing western Greece. Reşid Mehmed assembled an army of more than 35,000 and in February 1825 he set out for Missolonghi. On...
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    The Missolonghi Lagoon (Greek: Λιμνοθάλασσα Μεσολογγίου, Limnothalassa Mesolongiou) is a shallow lagoon located in the south of Aetolia-Acarnania, Western...
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    The sortie (exodus) of Messolonghi, depicting the third siege of Missolonghi, painted by Theodoros Vryzakis...
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    Lord Byron (category Missolonghi)
    of 36, from a fever contracted after the first and second sieges of Missolonghi. His one child conceived within marriage, Ada Lovelace, was a founding...
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    Markos Botsaris (category Missolonghi)
    of Independence. He played a key role in relieving the First Siege of Missolonghi in 1822–1823 and was awarded the title of General of Western Greece by...
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    running between Rio to the south and Ioannina to the north, via Antirrio, Missolonghi, Agrinio, Amfilochia, Arta and Filippiada. The EO5 between Rio and Antirrio...
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  • Stamna, Greece (category Missolonghi)
    17 km southwest of Agrinio and 21 km northwest of Missolonghi. The Ionia Odos motorway (Missolonghi - Amfilochia) passes east of the village. The community...
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    of Hydra to secure the support of the Hydriots' warships and then to Missolonghi, where he supervised the building of the defensive works while using...
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    Central Greece, by the forces of the Ottoman Empire. Following the fall of Missolonghi in western Greece, Athens and the Acropolis remained the only strongholds...
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  • Menidi Mesarista Milea Missolonghi Molykreio Monastiraki Mousoura Myrtea Mytikas Naupactus Nea Avorani Neapoli Neochori, Missolonghi Neochori, Nafpaktia...
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    force under Markos Botsaris during the Revolution. He was present in Missolonghi on 4 November 1821 during the formation of the Senate of Western Continental...
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    Office in New Orleans - Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe - Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi - Haymaking in the Auvergne - La Loge - Portrait of Alphonse Leroy -...
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    Ancona and Brindisi in Italy and to Cephalonia. On the northern shore Missolonghi, also has a port. The old ports of Rio and Antirrio lie at the east end...
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    of Antirrio, 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Patras, 35 km (22 mi) east of Missolonghi and 45 km (28 mi) southeast of Agrinio. The Greek National Road 48/E65...
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    headed south, but instead of following the direct road, from Ioannina to Missolonghi, they moved diagonally, arrived at Trikala, continued their march through...
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    Armadillidium vulgare Male A. vulgare from Missolonghi, Greece Female A. vulgare from Missolonghi Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom:...
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    participating in the Network. These include Alonnisos Marine Park, while the Missolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoons and the island of Zakynthos are not on the Aegean. The...
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    The Missolonghi-Aitoliko lagoons complex is located in the north part of the Gulf of Patras in the central west coast of Greece. It is one of the most...
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    Acarnania, it is the country's largest regional unit. Its capital is Missolonghi for historical reasons, with its biggest city and economic centre at...
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    with the Peloponnese peninsula. Greek National Road 5 connects it with Missolonghi and northwestern Greece, Greek National Road 48 with Naupactus and Livadeia...
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  • force under Mustafa Pasha heading to reinforce Ottoman troops besieging Missolonghi 1823 Afghan–Sikh Wars Battle of Nowshera 14 March Sikhs take Peshawar...
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    035 mi), while the length of the metre gauge lines (excluding Krioneri–Missolonghi–Agrinio line) is about 725 km (450 mi). In addition, about 150 km (93 mi)...
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    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt attacks Missolonghi...
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