bust rigas feraios velenstinlis greek intellectual and patriot arrested trieste 1797

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Bust of Rigas Feraios Velenstinlis, Greek intellectual and patriot, arrested in Trieste in 1797. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Bust of Rigas Feraios Velenstinlis, Greek intellectual and patriot, arrested in Trieste in 1797.

Bronze bust commemorating Rigas Feraios Velenstinlis (1757-1798), a Greek intellectual and patriot. The monument notes his arrest in Trieste in 1797. The bust shows him with a mustache and period attire.