The Old Parliament and the Kolokotronis Statue

A bronze statue of Theodoros Kolokotronis stands in front of the Old Parliament building which now houses the National Historical Museum. The equestrian statue was sculpted by Lazaros Sochos in Paris in 1900 and was erected where it now stands in 1904. Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek General, leader of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire, and ranks among the most revered protagonists of that struggle.