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the address of the Marquis of Sligo, Howe Browne's mother.

The address of Mrs. Elizabeth Massingberd with whom Byron frequently took rooms when in London. BLJ I-122n

Byron to Hobhouse 1810-08-23. In 1658, a French Capuchin monastery was founded by the site; in 1669 the monastery succeeded in purchasing the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, then being called the "Lantern of Demosthenes" after the famous Athenian…

In the former Capuchin Covent, Byron to Hobhouse 1810-08-23

By way of (unidentified) allusion; and deathplace of Lucien Buonaparte. Named by Byron in 1810-08-23 describing his frolics at the Capuchin Convent in Athens.

Named and visited by Byron in 1810-08-23 where an Engishman Watson is buried. The Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric…

A town in the English county of Suffolk from where ChMatthews writes JoHobhouse in 1809-09-25

Named as visited by Byron in 1810-09-25 to Hobhouse.

Named as visited by Byron to JoHobhouse 1810-09-25. A seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. During the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern period, under Venetian domination,…

Named as visited by Byron in 1810-09-25 to JoHobhouse. A city in ancient Greece that was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history. "Mantinea was an ancient town in Arcadia not far from the modern Tripolis (Tripolitza). The…