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Dimitrios Ypsilantis

A marble bust of another figure of the Greek Revolution, Dimitrios Ypsilantis.

  1. Modern and Contemporary era (1912 - )


    1976 Placed.

  2. Ottoman era (1453- 1912)


  3. Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)


  4. Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)


  5. Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)


  6. Classical era (478-323 BC)


  7. Archaic era (800-479 BC)


  8. Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)


  9. Prehistory (-1100 BC)


What I can see

The marble bust of Dimitrios Ypsilantis is characterized by plasticity and is placed on a marble base. The sculptor Efthimios Kalevras rendered in detail the facial features of Ypsilantis and is considered one of the best examples of monumental sculpture in the city.

What I can't see

Dimitrios Ypsilantis was the son of a wealthy (Phanariot) family from Moldova and brother of Alexandros Ypsilantis, leader of the Filiki Eteria (secret organization of the Greek war of independence). He was also a military officer, politician and fighter of the Greek Revolution of 1821. During the revolution, he represented his brother and was in charge of military operations, even though he faced the hostility of Greek chieftains and local lords. After the independence of Greece, he was appointed commander of the army in eastern Greece, with victorious operations against the Turks. He was considered one of the most selfless leaders of the Greek war of independence. There are American cities with his name (Ypsilanti) in the states of Michigan, North Dakota and Georgia.

Info

  • Address: Tsimiski & Aggelaki St.

Bibliography

Despotopoulos A., (1975a), Άφιξη του Δ. Υψηλάντη, [The arrival of D. Ypsilantis], in Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, [History of Greek Nation], Athens: Ekdotiki Athinon, v.12, p.p. 143- 148

 

Zafeiris Ch. (1997), Θεσσαλονίκης Εγκόλπιον, ιστορία, πολιτισμός, η πόλη σήμερα, γεύσεις, μουσεία, μνημεία, διαδρομές, [Thessaloniki Handbook, history, culture, the city today, flavours, museums, routes], Athens: Exantas

 

Sfyroeras V., (1988), Υψηλάντης Δημήτρης, [Ypsilantis Dimitris], in Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό, [Global Dictionary of Biographies], Educational Hellenic Encyclopedia, Athens: Ekdotiki Athinon, v.9, p.p. 245- 246

 

Tsitiridis G., (2019), Ανακάλυψε τα γλυπτά της πόλης: Μνημεία της Ελληνικής επανάστασης, [Discover the sculptures of the city: Monuments of the Greek revolution], in Parallaxi

https://parallaximag.gr/thessaloniki-news/anakalypse-ta-glypta-tis-polis-mnimeia-tis-ellinikis-epanastasis

Last visit 19/6/2023