Monument to Rigas Feraios

Rigas Feraios (1757-1798) was a Greek revolutionary, poet, national hero and the first victim of the uprising against the Ottoman Empire. He was strangled at the Nebojša tower on Kalemegdan. The monument dedicated to this hero is located on the corner of Riga od Fere and Tadeuša Košćuška streets. It...

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  • Rigas Feraios (1757-1798) was a Greek revolutionary, poet, national hero and the first victim of the uprising against the Ottoman Empire. He was strangled at the Nebojša tower on Kalemegdan.
  • The monument dedicated to this hero is located on the corner of Riga od Fere and Tadeuša Košćuška streets. It was erected in 1994 by the city of Belgrade and the Greek Ministry of Culture. It is a work of sculptor Konstantin Argiris.