Famous Statues in Athens
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Plato
Plato was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy…
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Socrates
Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as a founder of Western philosophy and the first moral philosopher of the…
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Panagis Vallianos
Panayis Athanase Vagliano was a Greek merchant and shipowner, acclaimed as the 'father of modern Greek shipping'.
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Statue of Pericles
Pericles was a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens.
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Odysseas Elytis
Odysseas Elytis was a Greek poet, essayist and translator, regarded as a major exponent of romantic modernism in Greece and the world.
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King Constantine I
Constantine I was King of Greece from 18 March 1913 to 11 June 1917 and from 19 December 1920 to 27 September 1922.
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Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias, sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who served as the Foreign Minister…
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Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
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Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos was a Cretan Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement.
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José Gervasio Artigas
José Gervasio Artigas Arnal was a soldier and statesman who is regarded as a national hero in Uruguay and the father of Uruguayan…
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Constantine Kanaris
Konstantinos Kanaris, also anglicised as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris, was a Greek admiral, Prime Minister, and a hero of the Greek War…
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Charilaos Trikoupis
Charilaos Trikoupis was a Greek politician who served as a Prime Minister of Greece seven times from 1875 until 1895.
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Evangelos Zappas
Evangelis or Evangelos Zappas was a Greek patriot, philanthropist and businessman who spent most of his life in Romania.
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Yannis Makriyannis
Yiannis Makriyiannis, born Ioannis Triantaphyllou, was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author, best known today for his…
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Theseus Saving Hippodamia
The sculptural group of Theseus Saving Hippodamia by Johannes Pfuhl is located in Viktoria Square in Athens.
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