Konstantinos Lagoumitzis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Λαγουμιτζής, 1781–1851) was a
Greek
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revolutionary during the
Greek War of Independence (1821–1830), famous for his ability to dig tunnels during sieges.
Lagoumitzis was born in the village of
Hormovo, in modern
Albania
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, then part of the
Ottoman Empire
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; though, his family was originally from the village of
Lekli.
His real surname was either Papakyriakos (Παπακυριάκος)
or Dalaropoulos (Νταλαρόπουλος), but he was also called Hormovitis (Χορμοβίτης; from Hormovo). He is mainly known as Lagoumitzis (
sapper
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) due to his successful ability to dig tunnels ( el, λαγούμια, lagoúmia) beneath the camps of enemies and blow them up.
His successes during the
siege of Messolonghi and the
siege of the Acropolis (1826–27) The siege of Athens can refer to any of the following battles:
* Persian sack of Athens (480 BC) - Amid which the Persians besieged a group of holdouts in the Acropolis
* Siege of Athens (404 BC) - Last battle in the Peloponnesian War
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, made him famous. During these sieges, Lagoumitzis successfully countermined the Turkish besiegers.
He died in Athens, in 1851; the
Greek state
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paid for his funeral.
Footnotes
References
*
Athens Alive, Or, The Practical Tourist's Companion to the Fall of Man.Kevin Andrews. Hermes, 1979.
Makrigiannis' memoirs(in Greek).
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1781 births
1827 deaths
Greek people of the Greek War of Independence
Greek revolutionaries
People from Tepelenë