The Dance of Zalongo refers to the mass suicide of women and their children from Souli that occurred in the aftermath of the invasion of Ottoman troops on December 16, 1803. The event is commemorated in Greece in the context of the Greek War of Independence.
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To reach the monument you will need a car or taxi as no bus goes near to the monument. There are tours that take you to the bottom of the monument. From the car park there are approximately 415 steps to the top of the monument and an extra 25 steps to a shrine that you can access on the way up to the monument. It is all up hill. The views are beautiful on the way up, down and when you reach the top. My 74 year old mother managed to reach the top. There are information boards in English and Greek explaining why the monument was created. It is a sad story and well worth the climb to commemorate the women and children who jumped from the top rather than submit to slavery. The monument is open all the time. At the bottom of the monument is a Monastery if Saint Dimitrios which is...
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This place, reminds us the free spirit of Greek women who preferred to die free than cought by enemy and become slaves....
In one side the beauty of greece in panoramic view, the vertical cleef below the feet and the swords of ottomans on the other... imagine..the pain in the heart...
It's such a pity that monument is left unattended, because some "humans???" discrase this holy place... when I visited it, a "civilized person" thought it would be a nice idea to have some yoga time having his feet on top of rocky women statues...made me so angry! I wanted to hit him but preferred to give some history lesson though I knew that he knew were he was..no one climbs hunderend of steps to reach the monument, without knowing were...
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The Monument of Zalongo is a 1961 monumental sculpture by George Zongolopoulos, commemorating the Dance of Zalongo, a mass suicide of women and children in 1803. It is located at 700 meters altitude on Mount Zalongo, near Preveza, Greece, from which it is visible. The closest village is Kamarina. One can access the monument from Saint Dimitrios Monastery (590 meters altitude), which leads to the top via a cobbled lane of 410 steps. The monument depicts six abstract female figures holding hands. It is 18 meters in length, 13 meters high and is made of concrete supported by 4,300 whitish limestone blocks. The construction took six years, from 1954 to 1960, and was financed by two Pan-Hellenic student...
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