One small in volume but large in strength and memory monument.
The Ionia Monument is a small tribute to our people - the 1,500,000 people - who were left behind and lost, but also to all the refugees who, after their persecution, settled in Greece, in particular, in the refugee settlement of the region of Voula.
The Ionia Monument is the memorial to the genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor by the Turkish state that annihilated hundreds of thousands of our ancestors. It is the memorial of the atrocities committed by the New Turks, culminating in the burning of Smyrna on September 14, '22. It is the memorial of the eradication of the first inhabitants of Voula from their eternal homes, from the soils where they have grown for thousands of years with their remarkable culture. Those people who, with their honest sweat, managed to stand on their feet, in their new homeland, but also to offer many and marvelous in its progress.
Every year in mid-September, a memorial service is held for the victims of the Asia Minor disaster at the Church of Saint John Voula and a wreath is laid at the Ionia monument.



Access instructions.
Bus Α2
Metro Μ2 --> Bus 122Θ/122 --> Walk 2 min
Metro Μ2-->Bus 171 --> Walk 9 min