page_title: Kostas Georgakis
section_title: Recognition
hierarchical_section_title: Kostas Georgakis / Recognition
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Lapide in memoria di Kostas (Costantino) Georgakis, affissa a Genova, dalle scale di Palazzo Ducale, lato Piazza Matteotti
context_page_description: Kostas Georgakis was a Greek student of geology, who, in the early hours of 19 September 1970, set himself ablaze in Matteotti square in Genoa as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
context_section_description: The Municipality of Corfu has dedicated a memorial in his honour near his home in Corfu city. His sacrifice was later recognized and honoured by the new democratic Hellenic Government after metapolitefsi.
  In his monument a plaque is inscribed with his words in Greek. The monument was created gratis by sculptor Dimitris Korres.
  Poet Nikiforos Vrettakos in his poem "I Thea tou Kosmou" (The View of the World) wrote for Georgakis: 
  ...you were the bright summary of our drama...in one and the same torch, the light of the resurrection and our mourning by the gravestone...
  Poet Yannis Koutsoheras in his poem "Kostas Georgakis self-immolating in the square of Genoa" wrote: "Living Cross Burning and a cry urbi et orbi transcending this world: -Freedom to Greece".
  On 18 September 2000 in a special all-night event at Matteotti square, Genoa honoured the memory of Georgakis.
  In Matteotti square where he died, a plaque stands with the inscription in Italian: La Grecia Libera lo ricorderà per sempre (Free Greece will remember him forever). The complete inscription on the plaque reads:
  Al Giovane Greco Constantino Georgakis che à sacrificato i suoi 22 anni per la Libertà e la Democrazia del suo paese. Tutti gli Uomini Liberi rabbrividiscono davanti al suo Eroico Gesto. La Grecia Libera lo ricorderà per sempre
  which translates in English:
  To the young Greek Konstantin Georgakis who sacrificed his 22 years for the Freedom and Democracy of his country. All Free Men shudder before his heroic gesture.  Free Greece will remember him forever
caption: Plaque in memoriam of Kostas Georgakis in Matteotti Square, Genoa
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