Municipal Garden

The Municipal Garden of Rethymno is a fascination close to the downtown area of Rethymno, at Tessaron Martyron Square at the fringes of the Old Town with the new town. A green territory that comprises of a play area, hydrants with crisp drinkable water, a wellspring and a cafeteria is the Municipal Garden of Rethymno, the third to be made in the city in 1925 after the Police School Garden and the present Customs Garden in the old port.

The Municipal Garden of Rethymno, the greatest and the most critical deed of the leader Menelaos Papadakis 1883-1942, who hailed from Akoumia, and his successor, Titos Petychakis, initially was a Turkish burial ground. After the Turks had left the city, the gathering has chosen not to reconstruct this territory, but rather to make a garden keeping in mind the dead.

This garden, which for a considerable length of time has been the reference point and the cool frequent for the entire city, has the bust of Euaggelos Fragkiadakis, the bust of Titos Petychakis and the bust of Stylianos Kleidis. The Municipal Garden of Rethymno is considered especially exceptional since it is a home to uncommon plant species, it is likewise utilized as an activity place and has political and social occasions, for example, the Wine Festival and the sky is the limit from there.