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MISSOLONGHI, or MESOLONGHI (MaroMyyeov)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 607 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MISSOLONGHI, or MESOLONGHI (MaroMyyeov)  , the
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chief
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town of the
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monarchy of
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Acarnania and
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Aetolia,
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Greece . It is on the N.
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side of the Gulf of
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Patras, about 7 M. from the
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coast; pop., about 8300 . The
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place is notable for the
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siege which
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Mavrocordato and
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Botzaris sustained in 1822 and 1823 against a
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Turkish
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army 11,000 strong, and for the more famous
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defence of 1825-26 .
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Byron died here in 1824, and is commemorated by a
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cenotaph and a statue .

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