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The statue was installed at the decision of the Municipality of Athens and is a work by the prominent sculptor Yiannis Pappas who died in 2005.
A statue of the ancient Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great was installed on Wednesday on the corner of Amalias and Vasilissis Olgas Avenue in central Athens.
The statue, which will be officially unveiled on Friday, is a work by prominent 20th-century sculptor Yiannis Pappas (1913-2005).
The sculpture of Alexander the Great by Yiannis Pappas in its new location in central Athens.
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The decision to place a statue of the Macedonian king in the center of the capital was taken by the municipal council of Athens.
The cost for the installation of the 3.5-meter-tall statue was covered by the artist’s family.
Alexander died in 323 BC after carving out an empire stretching from Greece to India.
This article was originally published on ekathimerini.com
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