Chateaubriand
Statue of French writer, politician and philhellene François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
1940 Created.
1968 Placed.
Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
This marble bust is of François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (1768-1848), who is rendered in time- period clothing. “Satovriandos” is the Greekized version of his name. He was a French politician, writer, great philhellene and founder of French Romanticism. He was, in fact, a source of inspiration for Victor Hugo and Lord Byron. The bust is placed on a marble pedestal and a marble base, which bears the inscription “Hellas, that name which one cannot pronounce without respect and emotion.”
What I can't see
It was designed by Fokion Rok and the original plan was to be placed on the Sacred Way, near Daphni area, from where Chateaubriand saw the Acropolis for the first time. With the Second World War, this plan was forgotten and the bust was found by chance in the warehouses of the Municipality of Athens, almost 30 years later. The equestrian statue of Constantine Paleologos had been decided to be placed here, but was finally placed in Phalero.
Info
- Address: V. Konstantinou & Naiadon St.
Bibliography
Gelassakis G., (2023), Από τον Δισκοβόλο στον Δρομέα: Όλα τα έργα τέχνης της Βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου, [From the Discus Thrower to the Runner: All the Art Works of Vasileos Konstantinou Street] in Lifo
https://www.lifo.gr/tropos-zois/urban/apo-ton-diskobolo-ston-dromea-ola-ta-erga-tehnis-tis-basileos-konstantinoy
Last visit 13/11/2024
Doanidou S., (1902), Η σταδιακή πορεία του Chateaubriand προς το φιλελληνισμό, Chateaubriand’s gradual march towards Philhellenism], in το Δελτίο της Ιστορικής και Εθνολογικής Εταιρείας της Ελλάδος, [Bulletin of the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece] v. 21, p.p. 499- 514
