Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In Worl... ... read more | Joined | June 13th 2009 | Trips | 3 |
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sofia
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Byron is considered a national hero in Greece -he helped the Greeks in the War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire and died in Messolonghi. Statues of him can be found in Greece in places where he resided (he'd lived in Athens and even wrote a poem to express his anger for the removal of the Parthenon Marbles by Lord Elgin and their shipping to England). A suburb of Athens, Vyronas (Greek transliteration of Byron) is named after him. This particular statue depicts Greece in the form of a woman giving him inspiration to write. The name of the statue is "Byron's Hellas" = the Greece of Byron.