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DIONYSIOS SOLOMOS

Zakynthos 1798 - Corfu 1857

Dionysios Solomos was born in April 1798 in Zkynthos, the son of Angeliki Nikli and Count Nikolaos Solomos, who died in 1807. Dionysios began his education in Zakynthos. In 1808, following the decision of his guardian, Count Dionysios Messalas, he was forced to complete his education in Italy, as was usual for young men of noble blood of his time. In November 1815, he enrolled in the Law School of the University of Padua, where among the professors were Vincenzo Monti, Ugo Foscolo, and Elia Giardini. He graduated two years later. In Italy, he came into contact with liberal European movements, heard the demands for social renewal, and experienced dimensions of classicism and romanticism.

At the age of twenty, he returned to Zakynthos, from where he followed the outbreak of the Greek Revolution. He spent a long time at the country house of his close friend Georgios De Rossi in Akrotiri, Zakynthos, at improvised poetry evenings, and in the company of writers such as Antonios Matesis (poet, dramatist), Dionysios Tagiapeiras (doctor),

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Dionysios Solomos (08/04/1798 - 09/02/1857)

Dionysios Solomoswas a Greek poet, especially known for his poem Hymn to Liberty, whose first two verses became the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. He is considered the national poet of Greece, not only because of the anthem, but also because he utilized traditional poems and Modern Greek language.

Born in Zakynthosin 1798, he was the son of a count and his maid. He spent his childhood on the island, under the supervision of his teacher, Abbot Santo Rossi, an Italian refugee. After his father’s death, he went to Italy for studies, as it was customary at the time for the children of noble families in the Ionian Islands. He completed his secondary education in Venice and Cremona, and enrolled in the Law School of Pavia University in 1815. He graduated in 1817, but he was already greatly influenced by Italian literature; in fact, he started writing poetry in Italian. He was also acquainted with very important Italian scholars, surrounding him on a veil of the French Enlightenment.

Solomos returned to Zakynthosin 1818 after his stu
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Dionisios Solomos is the National Poetry of Greece

12/07/22

Find his Statue at the main square

After the 1953 earthquake, many of Zakynthos's religious communities and temples were either restored or entirely destroyed. On the Greek island of Zakynthos, you may find some of the most famous and popular places of worship, including:


The Church of Agios Dionysios has become one of Zakynthos's most recognizable symbols in recent times. Saint Dionysius, guardian of the island and sanctified one, is the patron saint of the community, which was established in 1708. Standing guard above the island's principal harbor is the ringing pinnacle, its most distinctive feature. In the seventeenth century, the little community of monks in Panagia Yperagathou dedicated themselves to the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is situated in the little village of Kiliomeno, not far from Chora.

A Venetian-style building was used to rebuild the congregation of St. Nicholas (Agios Nicholaos) of Molos in Zakynthos town following a catastrophic earthquake and fire in 1953. Seafarers started c

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