George Averoff
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George M. Averoff, alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof, was a Greek businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the great national benefactors of Greece. Born in the town of Metsovo, Averoff
Averoff c. 1896
George Averoff, oil painting by Pavlos Prosalentis (1857–1894); done from a photograph.
Averoff's grave in the First Cemetery of Athens.
Statue commemorating Averoff in Athens
Georgios Averof is a modified Pisa-class armoured cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the f
George Averoff
…him which was placed in front of the Panathenian Stadium. It remains there today. On 12 March 1910, the armoured cruiser flagship of the Hellenic Navy, Georgios Averof, was named in his honour, thanks to a bequest of 300,000 GBP (2,500,000 Gold francs) left to the navy by the terms of his Will & Testament. Greeks of…
Georgios Averof as a floating museum in Palaio Faliro, Athens
Right elevation and plan drawing of Georgios Averof from Brassey's Naval Annual 1915
Averof fitting out, summer 1910, in Livorno, Italy
Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, 1920