Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos

Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos
Statue of Eleftherios Venizelos
	The statue in 2018
Year	2009
Type	Sculpture
Subject	Eleftherios Venizelos
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
	38°54′43.52″N 77°03′00.06″W / 38.9120889°N 77.0500167°W

An outdoor statue of Eleftherios Venizelos is installed outside the Embassy of Greece, on Massachusetts Avenue between Sheridan Circle and 22nd Street, NW,^[1] in Embassy Row, Washington, D.C., United States. It was erected by the Hellenic Parliament in 2009. Near the statue is a plaque with the inscription: Eleftherios Venizelos / 1864–1936 / Liberal Politician, Statesman, Social Reformer / One of the most prominent Greek and European Leaders of the 20th Century. / He marked the modernization of Greece with his political initiatives.^[2]

References

^ A Defining Statue of Ataturk
^ "Eleftherios Venizelos". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

[1] A Defining Statue of Ataturk

[2] "Eleftherios Venizelos". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

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Eleftherios Venizelos
Family	Kyriakos Venizelos Sofoklis Venizelos Helena Schilizzi Nikitas Venizelos Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Politics	Venizelism (Liberal Party) Democratic education Radicalism Modernization Greek Constitution of 1911 Balkan League Civic nationalism Megali Idea Secularism Anti-communism (Idionymon)
Events	Cretan State Theriso revolt Goudi coup French military mission to Greece (1911–1914) British naval mission to Greece (1911–1912) Balkan Wars London Conference of 1912–13 Gallipoli campaign Macedonian front National Defence coup d'état Provisional Government of National Defence National Schism Noemvriana French occupation of Thessaly Greece in WWI Occupation of Constantinople Allied intervention in Ukraine Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920) League of Nations establishment Greek landing at Smyrna Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) 11 September 1922 Revolution Greek retreat from Eastern Thrace Conference of Lausanne Population exchange between Greece and Turkey 1928 Greek legislative election 1935 Greek coup d'état attempt
Support	Cretan Gendarmerie Military League Triple Entente National Defence Army Corps Nikolaos Plastiras Theodoros Pangalos Pavlos Kountouriotis Panagiotis Danglis Emmanouil Zymvrakakis Leonidas Paraskevopoulos Georgios Papandreou
Treaties	Greek–Serbian Alliance of 1913 Treaty of London (1913) Treaty of Bucharest (1913) Treaty of Athens Armistice of Salonica Armistice of Mudros Venizelos–Tittoni agreement Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine Treaty of Sèvres Armistice of Mudanya Treaty of Lausanne Greco-Turkish Friendship Agreement
Establishments	Hellenic Air Force Hellenic Air Force Academy Hellenic Coast Guard Hellenic State Railways
Remembrance	Eleftherios Venizelos Museum of Chalepa Eleftherios Venizelos Foundation Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (film)

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