Brief tour

The capital of the prefecture Etoloakarnania with 18,000 residents according to the latest census, Missolonghi is a surprisingly charming town. Situated at the entrance of Patras gulf, between the estuaries Evinos and Achelous, next to the lagoon is an important wetland, with rare flora and fauna, center of fish and salt production is not only a city with a heavy historical legacy, but modern city with an intense spirituality, and the freshness that is brought by the young students studying in colleges in Universities in the city.

There are many versions of the name of Missolonghi. The K. Palamas names it Misologi. The S. Trikoupis - historian, author, orator and politician (first prime minister of Greece in the government of Kapodistrias), claiming to be from the "average-loggos" and the prevailing version is that the lawyer Telemachus Kostakis , allegedly derived from the Italian "mezzo- laghi "means what is between lakes. Indeed Missolonghi was built on three islands that communication between them was made ​​by boats and canoes, and that is why in 1650 called Little Venice.

The first contact of visitors with the holy city of Missolonghi (as nominated on April 22, 1937 by decision of George II, who appointed the Palm Sunday national day celebration of the anniversary of the Exodus), is the Eastern Gate, which is the entrance of the city, whose walls were built during the reign of Otto, and meets the Garden of Heroes .

Walking through the streets of the city discover small treasures like quaint old cafes, fortunately evolution left intact. Monuments remind us of another era, where coffee and ouzo with titbit - tomatoes, olives, cheese, maybe some wild agkinaraki - chats give and take, and the wells are still in the "solutions" to the major problems of Greece .