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Place

Mytilene

Also known as

Metelino
Metilene
Midilli
Midilli
Mitilena
Mitilena

Image illustrating Mytilene — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Mytilenesee Wikimedia Commons

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Connected to

in countryOttoman Empire1299 CE
birthplace ofAnastasios Chatzigiovanis1997 CE
place of death ofCallinicus of Alexandria1800 CE
birthplace ofDimitra Eleni Kontou2005 CE
birthplace ofDimitrios Nianias1921 CE
birthplace ofDjemal Pasha1872 CE
birthplace ofEfstratios Korakas1940 CE
birthplace ofGrigorios Bernardakis1848 CE
birthplace ofHermarchus325 BCE
birthplace ofHüseyin Hilmi Pasha1855 CE
birthplace ofPalamede, Lord of Ainos1390s CE
birthplace ofPittacus of Mytilene650s BCE

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