Souliotes
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The Souliotes were an Orthodox Christian Albanian tribal community in the area of Souli in Epirus from the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century, who via their participation in the Greek W
Souliot warriors in a watercolour by Charles Robert Cockerell entitled Albanian palikars in pursuit of an enemy (1813–1814)
A painting of Souli.
Vasilis Goudas, deputy to Markos Botsaris, by Louis Dupré
Captain of Suliote Albanians by Joseph Cartwright, published in March 1822.
Kitsos Tzavelas
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Kitsos Tzavelas was a Souliot fighter and general of the Greek rebels in the Greek War of Independence. After the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece he entered Greek politics and served as Ministe
Souliotes
…state, and later for their contribution to the Greek cause in the revolutionary war against the Ottoman Empire under leaders such as Markos Botsaris and Kitsos Tzavelas. The first historical account of rebellious activity in Souli dates from 1685. During the 18th century, the Souliotes expanded their territory of…
Portrait of Kitsos Tzavelas
A painting of Kitsos Tzavelas by Themistoklis Drakos, National Historical Museum, Athens
Bust in Pedion tou Areos.