Missolonghi or Messolonghi is a municipality of 34,416 people in western Greece. The town is the capital of Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis Messolongiou (Sacred Town of Messolonghi). Missolonghi is known as the site of a dramatic siege during the Greek War of Independence, and of the death of poet Lord Byron.
Transport
National Transport
The new Greek National Motorway 5 (Ionia Odos) passes north of Missolonghi.
The town had a railway station on the Hellenic Railways Organisation line from Krioneri to Agrinio but this has been abandoned since the 1970s.
The Intercity Buses Of Aitoloakarnania also have service towards Agrinio, Amfiloxia, Astakos, Volos, Vonitsa, Thessaloniki, Lamia, Larisa, Livadeia, Mitikas, Patras, Chalkida and the capital Athens.
The local airport has a hard runway but no scheduled services. The closest airport with scheduled services is Aktion National Airport just an hour and half away.
Two new ferry connections towards Zakynthos, Cephalonia, and Ithaca are to be launched by the next summer season (2019 – 2020).
Education
Three departments of university of Patras based in the city.
Landmarks
- Museum of the History and the Art of the Sacred City of Messolonghi, Website
- Centre of Culture and Art, Diexodos,Website
- Christos and Sophia Mosxandreou Gallery of Modern Art
- The Messolonghi Byron Society-International Research Center for Lord Byron and Philhellenism,Website
