The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Sunday attended events commemorating the bicentennial of the Siege of Tripolis which took place during the Greek struggle for independence from the Ottoman Turks.
After attending a church service and laying wreaths at monuments in Platia Areos, Sakellaropoulou said that the siege that took place a few months after the start of the revolution was a pivotal event in the Greek War of Independence, establishing the revolution in the Peloponnese and inspiring the revolting Greeks.