Through The Eyes of Hugh Sackett

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Statue of Lord Byron in the Garden of Heroes at Missolonghi See all items with this value

This is a memorial to Lord Byron set within a memorial garden dedicated to the heroes of Greek independence. The sculpture is highly naturalistic and set on top of a large monument with an inscription in Greek. Visitors are seen to the left. See all items with this value

Mesolóngion (inhabited place) See all items with this value

Monument

Lord Byron was an English poet who famously fought alongside the Greeks in their war of independence against the Ottoman Empire. He died in Missolonghi in 1824 in between violent sieges of the city. He is remembered within a memorial site and cemetery called the Garden of Heroes which also memorializes some organizers of the Greek forces as well as the thousands of civilians that were massacred by the Turks as they attempted to flee the city in 1826..

April 1977