Alexander the Great Statue
Bronze equestrian monument of a Macedonian conqueror on the seafront, backed by a battle relief.
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This guide to the Alexander the Great Statue on the Thessaloniki waterfront follows the young Macedonian king's appetite, through the words of his ancient biographer Plutarch. It starts with Ada, queen of Caria, who kept sending her adopted son dishes, sweetmeats and finally her best cooks, and with the tutor Alexander named in his reply. Along the way you meet the sculptor Evangelos Moustakas and the bronze rider he finished in the early nineteen seventies. Stand on the seaward side, facing the horse, to begin.
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