The Garden of Heroes
A sanctuary in the holy city of Messolonghi where the guard of Messolonghi buried after the battle against Turks. In the Garden of Heroes lay down famous and some anonymous heroes who fought during the Heroic Sortie are buried. The Garden of Heroes is the equivalent of the Elysian Fields for modern Greece. Every year the Memorial Day for the Exodus is celebrated on Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter) the Greek State is represented by high-ranking officials and foreign countries by their ambassadors. Every year with great pomp the output festivals is the premier historical and cultural event in the region. Each year Messolonghi honors the countries whose citizens participated in the war against the Turks and gave their lives for that freedom and independence.
