What I can see

Georgakis Olympios is depicted as strict and proud, wearing traditional costume. The bust is bronze, a work by Efthymios Kalevras, and is placed on a marble base. It is part of the group of works with heroes of the Greek War of Independence, by the same artist, in the same square.

What I can't see

Georgakis Olympios, originally from Thessaly, was the chieftain of the armed forces of the Danubian Principalities and a member of the Filiki Eteria (Friendly Society). These principalities were the regions of Moldavia, Wallachia and Transylvania, i.e. mainly present-day Romania and Moldova. These regions, although under Ottoman rule, were also under Russia’s protection. Many Greek-speaking people from the Ottoman Empire took refuge there, the Greek Enlightenment developed to a great extent, a large part of the local population was Hellenized and the Filiki Eteria was founded, which played a leading role in the beginning and development of the Greek Revolution. Georgakis Olympios was blown up in the Monastery of Sekos in Moldavia during the revolution.

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