"The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" Church 

The cemetery of Methoni in 1839 was in the churchyard of Ag. Nikolaos Church. In the urban design of the city, which was designed in 1829 by the Engineers of the French Military Mission in 1829, buildings, without any indication of use, are marked and it is concluded that there was no such use at the site of the present cemetery.

Because the site was inadequate and while Pan. Diamantopoulos (1837-1841) was the Mayor, it was transferred to the area it is today. The cemetery, however, was, with proof, in use in 1882, as evidenced by a tombstone that has survived.

Next to the position of "the Assumption of the Virgin Mary" Church, whose doors were officially opened in 2008, there was a simple smaller temple, whose date of construction is unknown. It is supposed to have been built at the time when the site began to be used as a cemetery. The old temple was demolished because it was considered that the building was of no archaeological interest.

The entrance gate of the cemetery has a monumental character and has references to the Venetian style.

The inscriptions on a tombstone (dating back to 1882) and two tombstones (dating back to 1883) are of particular interest. They are the only elements of the so called "monument tombs" that survived when the cemetery was moved to another area in 1954 and the site was cleaned.

Information from the "Methoni Castle Friends Association"