General Karaiskakis - Athens, Greece. - Equestrian Statues on Waymarking.com

Part of my motivation for waymarking this is becasue we came across it and didn't know who it was and out Greek was not good enough to translate the lettering.

Karaiskakis was born in a monastery near the village of Mavrommati in the Agrafa mountains.

During the early stages of the war, Karaiskakis served in the militia in the Morea, where he participated in the intrigues that divided the Greek leadership. Nonetheless, he recognized the necessity of providing Greece with a stable government and was a supporter of John Capodistria who would later become Greece's first head of state.

Karaiskakis's reputation grew during the middle and latter stages of the war. He helped to lift the first siege of Messolonghi in 1823, and did his best to save the town from its second siege in 1826.

That same year, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Greek patriotic forces in Rumeli, achieving a mixed response: while failing to cooperate effectively with other leaders of the independence movement or with the foreign sympathizers fighting alongside the Greeks, he gained some military successes against the Ottomans.

His most famous victory was at Arachova, where his army crushed a force of Turkish and Albanian troops under Mustafa Bey and Kehagia Bey. Victories such as the one at Arachova were especially welcome amid the disasters that were occurring elsewhere.

He was killed in action on his Greek name day, 23 April 1827, after being fatally wounded by a rifle shell in battle. Karaiskaki Stadium in Neo Faliro, Piraeus is named after him as he was mortally wounded in the area. According to Karaiskakis's expressed desire to be buried on the island of Salamis when he died, he was buried at the church of Saint Dimitrios on Salamis


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Identity of Rider: General Georgios Karaiskakis Identity of Horse: Unknown Name of artist: Michael Tombros Date of Dedication: 1966 Material: Bronze Position: Two Hooves Raised Unusual Features: Not listed

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