Zalongo Monument

During the war between the Souliotes and Ali Pasha a group of 22 Souliot women and their children were trapped by Ottoman on 16 December 1803.
In order to avoid capture and enslavement, they threw first their children and then themselves off a steep cliff, committing suicide.
According to tradition they did this while dancing and singing, jumping down one after the other.
This monument commemorates their sacrifice.