Missolonghi

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Missolonghi is a historic Greek town in western Greece, renowned for its role in the Greek War of Independence and as the place where the poet Lord Byron died.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipal unit
town
associatedWithConflict Greek War of Independence
associatedWithPerson Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Lord Byron
country Greece
demographics predominantly Greek population
grantedHonoraryTitleBy Greece
surface form: Greek state
hasAreaCode +30 26310
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
salt production
hasEducationalInstitution local secondary schools
hasEvent annual commemoration of the Exodus of Missolonghi
hasGeographicalFeature lagoon system
salt marshes
hasLandmark Byron memorial
Garden of Heroes
statue of Lord Byron
hasMottoOrTitle Missolonghi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sacred City of Missolonghi
hasPopulation approximately 13000 (town proper, early 21st century)
hasPort Missolonghi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Missolonghi port
hasPostalCode 30200
hasReligiousBuilding Orthodox churches
hasRole historic town of Greece
historicalEvent siege of Missolonghi
surface form: First Siege of Missolonghi (1822–1823)

siege of Missolonghi
surface form: Second Siege of Missolonghi (1823)

siege of Missolonghi
surface form: Third Siege of Missolonghi (1825–1826)
isCapitalOf Aetolia-Acarnania
surface form: Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit
isSeatOf Municipality of Missolonghi
knownFor siege of Missolonghi
surface form: Exodus of Missolonghi

siege of Missolonghi
surface form: Siege of Missolonghi

death place of Lord Byron
role in the Greek War of Independence
languageSpoken Greek
locatedIn Western Greece
locatedInAdministrative Aetolia-Acarnania
surface form: Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit
locatedInHistoricalRegion Aetolia
locatedNear Gulf of Patras
Messolonghi–Aitoliko Lagoon
surface form: Lagoon of Missolonghi
locatedOn coast of the Ionian Sea
partOf Municipality of Missolonghi
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
vehicleRegistrationCode ME

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Lord Byron deathPlace Missolonghi
Missolonghi hasMottoOrTitle Missolonghi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sacred City of Missolonghi
Missolonghi hasPort Missolonghi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Missolonghi port
this entity surface form: Messolonghi