Images in this photo gallery are of the elite members of the Presidential ceremonial guard unit known as Evzones that are famous standing motionless outside their sentry boxes wearing traditional dress and guarding the monument to the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Parliament building opposite Syntagma Square in the city Athens, capital of Greece.
The monument to the Unknown Soldier, erected in 1929-1932, depicts a relief of a dying Greek solider modelled on a figure from...
more »Images in this photo gallery are of the elite members of the Presidential ceremonial guard unit known as Evzones that are famous standing motionless outside their sentry boxes wearing traditional dress and guarding the monument to the Unknown Soldier in front of the Greek Parliament building opposite Syntagma Square in the city Athens, capital of Greece.
The monument to the Unknown Soldier, erected in 1929-1932, depicts a relief of a dying Greek solider modelled on a figure from the pediment of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina.
The neoclassical façade of the Greek Parliament building is also known as Vouli was erected in 1836-42 and was originally the Royal Palace.
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