Sculptures

The “Cupid breaking bow” is a marble sculpture by Georgios Vroutos (1843-1909), made at the end of the 19th century. The statue is located in the open-air sculpture gallery at the Zappeion Gardens. It depicts the god Eros sitting on...

The full-length bronze statue of the Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos was created by the sculptor Yannis Pappas (1913-2005) and in 1969 was placed at Parko Elefterias, 72 Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, where it still stands to date.

The marble statue of Kostis Palamas, an example of the 20th-century academic school in Greece, was sculpted in 1975 by the sculptor Vassos Falireas (1905-1979). It is placed in the courtyard of the City of Athens Cultural Centre, on Akadimias...

The “Woodcutter”, the most iconic work of Dimitris Filippotis (1834-1919), was completed in 1901. It was placed at its current location, the Zappeion Gardens, at the end of Herodou Attikou Street, in 1958.

The ” Discus thrower” is a work of the mature period of the sculptor Kostas Dimitriadis (1881-1943). It was created in 1924 and won the 1st sculpture prize at the Olympic Games of the same year in France. The original...

The monumental Equestrian Statue of Alexander the Great was created by the sculptor Yiannis Pappas (1913-2005) in 1992 and has suffered a lot until, in 2019, eventually being placed at the junction of Vasilissis Olgas and Vasilissis Amalia’s avenues.

The Bronze Equestrian Statue of Theodore Kolokotronis is located outside the National History Museum and was created by the great Tinian sculptor Lazaros Sochos (1862-1911). It was placed in Athens in 1904, while an identical sculpture in Nafplio was placed...

The sculpture ” Greece Crowning Lord Byron”, which caused several reactions in its time, is the work of three sculptors, Henri Michel Antoine Chapu (1833-1891), Jean Alexandre Joseph Falquiere (1831-1900), and Lazaros Sochos (1859-1911), who completed it. It has been...

The tomb is the only example of a “sleeping” male figure on a sarcophagus in Greece. The classical type monument is attributed to the sculptor Leonidas Drosis (1834 or 1836 or 1843 – 1882), created around 1869. In 1964, It...

The iconic sculpture by George Zongolopoulos is 15 metres high and consists of five cycles placed in crosswise arranged frames. Made of stainless steel in 2001, when the sculptor was 100 years old, it was initially destined to move through...

The famous artwork of Kostas Varotsos was created in 1988 and, upon its presentation, became a matter of debate among the art critics and the audience until finally becoming one of the most iconic works in the public space of...