Garden of Heroes

Garden of Heroes is a park in Missolonghi, West Central Greece, West Greece. Garden of Heroes is situated nearby to the castle Fort of Mesolonghi, as well as near the building Old Hospital.

Photo: Efthimios Tsilikidis, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opening hours:
9:00 AM—4:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM—7:30 PM
Type: Park
Description: memorial park and battle site in Missolonghi, Greece
Also known as: “Garden of the Heroes”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Hospital and Xenokrateio Archaeological Museum.

Old Hospital

Building

Photo: Yannis82ts, CC0.

Old Hospital is a building.

Xenokrateio Archaeological Museum

Museum

Photo: Yannis82ts, CC0.

Xenokrateio Archaeological Museum is situated 570 metres southwest of Garden of Heroes.

History and Art Museum of Messolonghi

Museum

Missolonghi or Mesolongi is a town in western Greece. It is the capital of the Aetolia-Acarnania regional unit, and the seat of the municipality of Iera Polis Mesolongiou. History and Art Museum of Messolonghi is situated 590 metres south of Garden of Heroes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tourlida and Evinochori.

Tourlida

Hamlet

Photo: Spirosparas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tourlida is an island in the Missolonghi Lagoon, in Greece. It is a long-narrow earthy land about 5 km south of Missolonghi. Tourlida is the largest lagoon island of Missolonghi lagoon and the only inhabited one. Tourlida is situated 5 km south of Garden of Heroes.

Evinochori

Village

Photo: Nikgiannis, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Evinochori is a village and a community in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Evinochori is in the municipality of Missolonghi, located 10 km east of Missolonghi town centre. Evinochori is situated 9 km east of Garden of Heroes.

Aitoliko

Town

Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aitoliko is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Messolonghi, of which it is a municipal unit. Aitoliko is situated 10 km northwest of Garden of Heroes.

Garden of Heroes

Categories: garden, memorial park, battlefield, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
Location: Missolonghi, West Central Greece, West Greece, Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

38.37425° or 38° 22′ 27″ north

Longitude

21.43162° or 21° 25′ 54″ east

Open location code

8GC39CFJ+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 118943276

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=memorial

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q15995648

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In Other Languages

From French to Persian—“Garden of Heroes” goes by many names.

French: “Jardin des héros”
German: “Garten der Helden”
Greek: “Κήπος Ηρώων στο Μεσολόγγι”
Greek: “Κήπος των Ηρώων”
Persian: “باغ قهرمانان”

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