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The wall of Messolonghi was designed by the engineer, Michalis Kokkinis after Mavrokordatos order and was built by the Free Besieged. The construction of the wall began March 7th, 1823 and was completed by the end of 1824. The original wall was much larger in length than the current one, and used to cover the entire north side of Messolonghi, connecting the city with the land.
In the heroic Exodus, the wall was almost entirely destroyed, and was rebuilt by king Otto, in 1838 in memory of the fallen. Today's Gate also features prominently and is located in the same place where the old one used to be. Outside the main gate, there is a sign which has the following written on it: Every Free Man is a Citizen of Messolonghi, reminding every visitor the heroic sacrifice of the Free Besieged.
The Museum of Vasso
Katraki was inaugurated on June 25th, 2006. It is a place dedicated to the personal work of the artist, unique in the world for her stone engraving techniques.
The Byron Society of the Sacred City of Messolonghi was founded in 1991 and has turned into an international Centre for Research and Study of the life and work of Lord Byron. Among others, it aims to highlight the idea of Philhellenism along with the numerous philhellenes sacrificed during the 1821 Greek Revolution.
The Byron Society is housed in the same building where the great Romantic poet Lord Byron grew up. The latter, had developed important activities both in Greece and abroad, such as international conferences, lectures, tributes, musical and theatrical performances and exhibitions. Byron Society provides a rich library, with rare collections of books, open to the public
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DIEXODOS Center of Culture and Art, is a living cultural cell of Western Greece, which highlights the local artistic life.
This building was the historic home of Athanasios Razi-Kotsika, military commander- general of the Messolonghi combatants, during the heroic Exodus. In 1998 it was bought by lawyer Nikos Kordossis, who, willing to rescue the building, undertook the cost of its restoration. The museum hosts a permanent collection, which includes historical relics, antiquities, rare manuscripts and engravings, sculptures and paintings. Moreover, all kinds of cultural events take place here, such as exhibitions, presentations and speeches.
Cultural Library
The Cultural Library of DIEXODOS Center of Culture and Art was inaugurated for the first time in 2014. The library is housed in a renovated building of 1868, on Rangou Street, in Messolongi, and constitutes a valuable “focal point” of culture, hosting nearly 2,000 books. The books are divided in two categories - orientations. First of all, one can find there books, that are either related to the history of Messolonghi, either to each art form separately: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Icon Painting, Photography, Music, Dance, Theatre, Cinema, Museums, Galleries, Artists, Architecture, Design, Environment, Archaeological sites, Cities Albums, Art, etc.
Therefore, in this library the visitor can also find parts of Cultural Archives, which include a wide variety of rare documents. Finally, an Exhibitions Workshops will operate for those with a thirst for artistic creation.
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Wednesday - Sunday, 11-13.00, 8-10 pm Free entrance
Razi-Kotsika Athanasiou 23, Messolongi
+30 26310 51260 , 6976 643610 και 6944 789702
The Contemporary Art Gallery of Christos and Sophia Moschandreou is housed in a neoclassical building of 1835, in the square of Saint Spyridon. It was originally founded in order to accommodate the collections of its founders, but today one can find there works of great painters, sculptors and printmakers of the 19th and 20th century along with the open library of Art and History.
The Gallery preserves the Greek culture and develops the cultural activities throughout the Greek periphery. During its “multicultural” operation, the Gallery has organized several important exhibitions with collections of its works throughout Greece in cooperation with some other relevant cultural institutions.
Panagiotis Palamas, the ancestor of the Palamanians was born in 1722 at a house of architectural distinction.
The same residence has been also the birthplace of our National poet Kostis Palamas, after he became an orphan in 1865 and went to the house of his father’s brother Dimitrios. Here, Kostis Palamas stayed until he completed his education and wrote his first poems. In the halls, corridors, and balcony conservatory of the house, one can find personal items, paintings, and documents from his life and great deeds.
The Museum of Trikoupis is housed in a mansion building, where the historian was born, raised and
lived. His son, a great modern politician and several times Prime Minister of our country, Charilaos Trikoupis grew up in the same residence as well. The house was built in 1840 by his uncles Char. Trikoupis, Apostolos and Themistoclis and is right across the house of Kostis Palamas.
The mansion is perhaps the oldest building in the city and is located near the lagoon. This house still retains its first architectural simplicity, having two floors with three balconies. The latter, was afterwards donated to the municipality of Messolonghi by MP K. Trikoupis and now operates as a museum where some personal belongings and photographs of the Trikoupi family are being exposed.
Triantafyllou Spondi Street
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The Museum of History and Art of ICS Municipality Messolonghi, housed in a neoclassical two-storey building, built in 1932 under Mayor Christos Evangelatou and an old town hall.
Located in the central square Markou Botsari and there exposed Greek tables and foreign artists with scenes from the games Mesolongiton and heroic Exodus portraits of Greek chieftains and philhellenes, engravings, maps, coins, medals, traditional costumes, busts of Mesolongiton premiers, personal items and manuscripts of Lord Byron and images from both trips philhellene poet in Greece. Also exposed, documents and objects from the twinning of Mesolongi Town with the city Gkentlingk Lord Byron.
The Garden of Heroes is located on the north side of Messolonghi. It is an area of nearly fourteen acres which during the sieges of Messolonghi was used as a cemetery for those who lost their lives over the freedom of the town.
The Sacrifice Road Race is a race held annually, the day before Easter, to honor the fighters of Messolongi, in which the runners actually take the reverse route, followed by the Free Besieged.
Athletes from across the country take part each year in this race which begins from the monastery of Ai Symios. The finish line is in the Garden of Heroes, and the total distance being covered is 9,800 meters.
In April 1946, on the initiative of a gymnastics trainer from Palamaiki School, Giorgos Polichronopoulos, the first race took place. The organization of this race is always held by the Gymnastic Association "Charilaos Trikoupis".