Monument to the Fallen of the Acqui Division — Local services in Argostoli Municipality

Symbolic monument, of universal value, in memory of almost 9,000 Italian soldiers savagely shot by the Germans in 1943 (a fact that is narrated in the beautiful novel "Captain Corelli's Mandolin"). Unfortunately, we Spaniards also suffered the effects of fascism during and after our civil war (1936-1939): it is estimated that 130,000 people were shot for the simple fact of defending our young democracy. Nowadays Western democracies are again in danger due to the rise of extreme right-wing parties in USA, Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Germany... History, through monuments of this type, warns us that we can lose our democracies in just one voting day and that fascism and war are always...

We hoped to find this having read about it in our guide book. We were quite surprised to stumble upon it, as it wasn't where I had thought. Having looked it up on Google and been shown a location on the other side of the bay! This is just above Argostoli Town. It would have been given 5 stars but the gate was locked denying entry. Which was a real shame. It was still good to see and read the...

Very humbling. Beautiful memorial and just down the path there is another smaller memorial. It's traditional Greek and there is a ruin building near. There are no plaques so I have no idea what the building was, but the graffiti was from the 40s. I recommend this memorial beware it's at the tip of...