Rigas Feraios
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Rigas Feraios or Velestinlis, born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis, was a Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment. A victim of the Balkan uprising aga
Portrait by Andreas Kriezis (Benaki Museum, Athens)
Rigas kindling the Greeks' love of freedom, by Peter von Hess
The Nebojša Tower, where Rigas was executed
Memorial plaque in front of Nebojša Tower in Belgrade, where Rigas Feraios was strangled
Greek War of Independence
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The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence fought by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire from
Top left: The camp at Phaliro. Top right: The burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios. Bottom right: The Battle of Navarino. Bottom left: Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt at the Third Siege of Missolonghi.
Portrait of a Greek armatolos by Richard Parkes Bonington (oil painting, 1825–1826, Benaki Museum)
Adamantios Korais
Cover of "Thourios" by Rigas Feraios; intellectual, revolutionary and forerunner of the Greek Revolution.