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Kapodistria
Square Right
after the Park there lies Kapodistria Square, with his statue made by
the sculptor Mich. Tobros (1933). The Governor is leaning against the
trunk of a blooming tree symbolizing Greece that is reviving. He
gave up the coveted position of Secretary of
foreign Affairs to the Czar, in
order to come down to Greece, which had just acquired its independence,
after so much bloodshed. The great stateman from Corfu lay out the plans
for the re-organization and revival of the country. He did not get a
single drachma from the public purse, on the contrary, he spent from his
own fortune in order to have Greece rebuilt. He stayed in Nauplion
for" 3 years, 8 months and 19 days until his assassination. During
this period of national deliverance, besides the Administration Mansion,
he created on Acronauplia large barracks for the army, used until a
while ago as criminal prison and torn down in 1970 for touristic
buildings. He also started a stud farm at Tiryns and an agricultural
school, where potatoes were cultivated in Greece for the first time. At
Argos he organized a cavalry camp, military hospitals at
Psaromachalas, Akrokorinthos and Patras and a Cadet school in
Nauplion. The Governor's house was infront of the new High School
between the two streets (King Constantine's and Amalia's street). It was
destroyed by a fire in 1929.
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