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
The Pamphlet of Rigas Feraios is a large chalcography printed in Vienna in 1797 by Rigas Feraios. It depicts a portrait of Alexander the Great framed by war scenes and portraits of his generals. The e
Figurehead of Miaoulis' Aris, 1816