The Nikos Sofialakis Center of Neoclassical Sculpture

The Nikos Sofialakis Center of Neoclassical Sculpture is located in Ano Ilisia, Athens, at the very spot of the historic atelier of the great Cretan sculptor, Nikos Sofialakis, and hosts the permanent exhibition of his works. Sofialakis was a dear friend of Nikos Kazantzakis, articulating his 'Cretan glance' in the contours of the works The Defender (The Execution Pole of Agia) and the Enslaved Greek Child (Child of the Occupation), two ideas which the author himself committed to the sculptor to be 'written in marble', and which today epitomize the vision and expression of the Cretan spirit against adversity in life and the battle one wages for freedom.