Battlefields to visit in Greece

19 battles in Greece with memorials, monuments, museums or other sites recorded in Wikidata.

Red: battle locations. Blue: memorials and sites that commemorate them. Every point is drawn.

Quick answers

Which battlefields can you visit in Greece?

19 battles here have 31 memorials, monuments, museums or other sites recorded in Wikidata, led by Battle of Marathon (4), Liberation of Kalamata (4), Battle of Actium (3), Battle of Thermopylae (2).

Battles and what to see

• Battle of Marathon 490 BC
  • Kynaigeiros monument, Eleusis relief sculpture
  • Nike of Marathon statue
  • Soros archaeological site, tumulus
  • Victory statue "Nike", Marathonas sculpture
• Liberation of Kalamata 1821
  • Greece Crowns the Fighter of 1821, Kalamata sculpture
  • Memorial to 23 March 1821, Kalamata memorial
  • Statue of Liberty, Kalamata sculpture
  • War Memorial, Kalamata war memorial
• Battle of Actium 31 BC
  • Actium Monument monument
  • Arch of Augustus triumphal arch
  • Nicopolis ancient city, archaeological site
• Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC
  • Demophilos monument, Thespies commemorative sculpture
  • Leonidas monument commemorative sculpture
• Battle of Salamis 480 BC
  • Salamis sea-battle tumulus archaeological site, tumulus
  • Warriors of Salamis (sculpture) sculpture, war memorial
• Battle of Bizani 1913
  • Memorial of Battle of Bizani, Bizani war memorial
  • Memorial to Bizanomachon, Ioannina war memorial
• Battle of Crete 1941
  • Memorial of the Battle of Crete, Argyroupoli war memorial
  • Relief sculpture of Glory, Rethymno World War II memorial
• Battle of Plataea 479 BC
  • Serpent Column sculpture, spiral column
• Battle of Leuctra 371 BC
  • Leuktra trophy archaeological site, memorial
• Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC) 338 BC
  • Lion of Chaeronea ancient monument, grave marker
• Battle of Peta 1822
  • Memorial to the Fallen, Battle of Peta war memorial
• Battle of Karpenisi 1823
  • Memorial to Battle of Kefalovryso, Karpenisi war memorial
• Destruction of Psara 1824
  • Memorial to Psara massacre war memorial
• Battle of Navarino 1827
  • Memorial to the Three Admirals, Pylos memorial
• Battle of Pente Pigadia 1912
  • Memorial of the Battle of Pente Pigadion war memorial
• Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas 1913
  • Heroon of the Battle of Kilkis commemorative sculpture
• Battle of Skra-di-Legen 1918
  • Memorial to the Battle of Skra, 1918 war memorial
• Battle of Elaia–Kalamas 1940
  • Memorial of the Greek Fighter 1940-41, Kalpaki World War II memorial, sculpture
• Battle of Fardykambos 1943
  • National Resistance Memorial - Battle of Fardykambos, Siatista commemorative sculpture

Places that Wikidata records as commemorating the battle (property P547: memorials, monuments, museums, cemeteries, visitor sites), with their Wikidata positions (CC0). Check opening times and access before you go.