Monday, 25 September 2023

25 Listings in Buildings of Interest

Metamorfoseos 5, Alimos, Attica, Greece 17455
Alimos Tower was built in 1917 by Dimitris Tsouchlos. Angelos Sikelianos, one of the most important Greek poets, rented the space in 1930. Later, it was sold to George Stamopoulos and later passed to his daughter Lia, to whom it still belongs until ...more
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Patision 42, Exarcheia, Athens, Attica, Greece 10682
Established in 1836 as the “Royal School of Arts” and functioned as a public school for technical training. It quickly became known as the Polytechnic University (or Polytecnio). In 1887, it was promoted to a Higher Education Institute (A.E.I.) ...more
Paleochora, Aegina Island, Attica, Greece 18900
Paleochora is a abandoned place, about 500 meters from the Agios Nektarios monastery. In the medieval times, Paleochora was the capital of Aegina, which at that time lay in the inland for protection against pirates. Around 1800 the capital moved and ...more
Panepistimiou 26, Akadimia, Athens, Attica, Greece 10672
The neoclassical building that houses the Ophthalmology Clinic of Athens is a rare example of romantic structure of Byzantine style in the country. It's located on Panepistimiou Street and was built by the famous architect, Christian Hansen. ...more
Leof. Mesogeion 2-4, Ampelokipoi, Athens, Attica, Greece 11527
Athens Tower is the tallest building in Greece. It is 103 meters high and is of 28 floors, while next to it there is a smaller building of 65 meters long. It was built in the area of Ampelokipoi, in between 1970 and 1973. The architectural designs ...more
Panepistimiou 12, Syntagma, Athens, Attica, Greece 10671
The neoclassical building of Iliou Melathron was designed and built in 1878 by Ernst Ziller, intended to be the home of german archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who was doing excavations in Troy (Ilium). Today it houses the Numismatic Museum of ...more
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Panepistimiou 21, Akadimia, Athens, Attica, Greece 10250
The building is the creation of 3 architects (Nikolaos Zouboulidis, Kimon Laskaris, and Constantine Papadakis). According to experts, the facade of the building imitates almost perfectly the Old Palace, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner a century ...more
Leof. Vasilissis Sofias & Irodotou, Kolonaki, Athens, Attica, Greece 10674
The Stathatos Mansion is located on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue at the intersection with Herodotus Street. Built in 1895 as the residence of Otto and Athinas Stathatos, it is the work of the German architect and painter Ernst Ziller and one of the most ...more
Kallirrois & Frantzi, Koukaki, Athens, Attica, Greece 11743
The post-war modern architect Takis Zenetos designed the industry from scratch. In its schematics, Zenetos was mentioning the horizontal dimension of the building along Syngrou Avenue and Kallirois Avenue with horizontal linearized glazings. ...more
Louizis Riankour 64, Ampelokipoi, Athens, Attica, Greece 11523
Apollo Tower is the tallest residential building in Athens. It is also the 2nd tallest building in Greece. It's located in the district of Ampelokipoi. Apollo Tower is predominantly known for its vertical extension dating back to the 1950's. ...more
Tatoi Royal Estate, Acharnes, Attica, Greece 13672
This 10,000-acre summer palace was the main residence of the members of the former royal family of Greece - located 27 km from the city center of Athens. The fate of the Tatoi estate and the eponymous mansion found in the densely wooded southeast ...more
Leof. Kifisias 241, Kifissia, Attica, Greece 14561
Over a century has passed after the creation of one of the most impressive and most discussed buildings in Athens. "Villa Kazouli", as the house is called, is located at the entrance of the high-society area of Kifissia and covers an area of ...more