Zappeion Gardens Sculpture
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The "Wood Splitter" by renowned Greek sculptor Dimitrios Filippotis (1839 - 1919), created of marble, was originally placed in the small square (dedicated to the late choreographer Rallou Manou) by the Russian Church on Philhellinon Street, in Syntagma. Through the years, the artwork suffered several repeated damages by prudish and sexually insecure churchgoers who were bothered by its nudity, until it was moved to its present permanent site, on the Zappeion grounds, across the Olympic Stadium, in 1958.