Missolonghi (grc)

Missolonghi

Missolonghi ranks 3,939th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Abia State, Nyeri, and Pikine. Memorable people born in Missolonghi include Nikolaos Trikoupis, Spyridon Trikoupis, and Zinovios Valvis. Memorable people who died in Missolonghi include Lord Byron, and Zinovios Valvis. Missolonghi has been the birth place of many politicians, and military personnels and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Missolonghi is located in Greece.

Missolonghi or Mesolongi is a municipality of 32,048 people in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis Mesolongiou. Missolonghi is known as the site of a dramatic siege during the Greek War of Independence, and of the death of poet Lord Byron. Read more on Wikipedia