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Handmade paperweight with the Rigas seal. Rigas Feraios-Velestinlis was a Greek writer, politician, thinker and revolutionary. He is considered a national martyr and a forerunner of the Greek Revolution of 1821. He was born in Velestino, Magnesia in 1757 and died in Belgrade, on June 24, 1798. Among his works are the Map of Greece and the Thurios Hymn. Copy in alabaster coated with copper metal.
Dimensions: 6 cm. x 7 cm. x 6.5 cm. height
Handmade alabaster coated with copper, with natural bronze oxidation of the metal.
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Rigas Velestinlis (Velestino, Magnesia, 1757 - Belgrade, June 24, 1798) was a Greek writer, politician, thinker and revolutionary. He is considered a national martyr and a precursor of the Greek Revolution of 1821. He was born in Velestino, Magnesia in 1757.
Influenced by the European Enlightenment, he believed deeply in the need for Greeks to come into contact with the new ideas that were sweeping Europe, and this prompted him to write or translate books into the vernacular and to compile the "Charter", a monumental map for the time, measuring 2.07 x 2.07 m, which consisted of individual sections. Two years later, Anthimos Gazis edited a new edition of the Map, smaller in size (1.04 x 1.02 m), with the title Geographical Map of Greece, but without mentioning Rigas' name in order to avoid Austro-Hungarian censorship.
-Map of Greece, Vienna 1797, in the digital Library of Greek Memoirs.
-Thourios
that is, the first Ormite Patriotic Hymn, to the one who is, MY GREAT PROTECTION
Author: Rigas Feraios
Area:
Μαγνησία
Date:
18th century A.D.
Dimensions (WxHxD):
6 cm x 7 cm
Gross Weight:
296 gr
Includes:
Gift packaging - Description Greek & English
Material:
Casted Alabaster coated with copper
Subcategory:
Paper-weight
Weight:
130 gr
