Missolonghi (or Mesolongi)

Town in western central Greece, on the north shore of the Gulf of Patras; population (2001 est) 8,500. It was several times under siege by the Turks in the wars of 1822–26 and it was here that the British poet Byron died.

The Missolonghi wetland is an important breeding ground for the endangered Dalmatian pelican. In 1993 the wetlands were under threat from an irrigation plan to divert the River Acheloos.