ZEÏTENLIK CEMETERY
Go there and contact
Largest military cemetery in Greece. Home to 8,310 soldiers of the French Army of the East and a French museum.
This 9-hectare military cemetery (Κοιμητήρια του Ζέιτενλικ/Kimitiria tou Zeïtenlik) is the largest in Greece. It houses the bodies of 25,000 men who died in the First World War. Among them were 8,310 soldiers of the French Army of the East, including 1,222 Senegalese, 343 North Africans and 398 Madagascans and Indochinese. Since 2014, a French museum has been looking back at the "Eastern Front" (1915-1918) and identifying the graves. The cemetery is also home to some 8,000 Serbs, 3,500 Italians, 1,700 British and 500 Russians.
Did you know? This review was written by our professional authors.
Book the Best Activities with Get Your Guide
Members' reviews on ZEÏTENLIK CEMETERY
The ratings and reviews below reflect the subjective opinions of members and not the opinion of The Little Witty.