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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 See also:chief See also:town of the See also:monarchy of See also:Acarnania and See also:Aetolia, See also:Greece. It is on the N. See also:side of the Gulf of See also:Patras, about 7 M. from the See also:coast; pop., about 8300. The See also:place is notable for the See also:siege which See also:Mavrocordato and See also:Botzaris sustained in 1822 and 1823 against a See also:Turkish See also:army 11,000 strong, and for the more famous See also:defence of 1825-26. See also:Byron died here in 1824, and is commemorated by a See also:cenotaph and a statue.

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