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| Recent Historical Buildings < History & Culture < Athens & Attica |
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| THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS |
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The Academy of Athens is a neoclassic building in the center of Athens. The architecture of the structure has borrowed elements from the Erechtheion. The Greek Prime Minister of that time, Charilaos Trikoupis, inaugurated the finished building in 1887.
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1859-1863 and 1868-1885 |
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Statues, Decorated Facets, Ionic Columns, Pediments. |
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The Academy of Athens
28, Eleftherios Venizelos Ave. (Panepistimiou Street), 10679, Athens Greece
Tel: (+30) 210 3600207, 210 3600209, Fax: (+30) 210 3642918
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| THE VALLIANIOS NATIONAL LIBRARY |
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Although the National Library is a neoclassical building, it has also borrowed architectural characteristics from the Temple of Hephaestus. It was commissioned by the Greek Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis in 1884.
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1887-1902 |
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Doric Columns (outdoors), Curved Staircase, Ionic Columns (indoors). |
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The Vallianios National Library
32, Eleftherios Venizelos Ave. (Panepistimiou Street), 10679, Athens Greece
Tel: (+30) 210 3226549, 210 3214413, Fax: (+30) 210 3611552
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| THE NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS |
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The National and Kapodistrian University is a building constructed according to the Early neoclassic architectural style, in combination with characteristics of the Propylaea of the Acropolis.
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1839-1864 |
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Statues, Decorated Facets, Ionic Columns, Pillars. |
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The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
30, Eleftherios Venizelos Ave. (Panepistimiou Street), 10679, Athens Greece
Tel: (+30) 210 3226549, 210 3223886, Fax: (+30) 210 3602145
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| THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING |
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Greece's Parliament Building was originally the residential palace of King Otto. It is a stunning sample of early neoclassic architecture. It has housed the Hellenic Parliament, its offices and archives since 1935.
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1836-1840 |
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Doric-style Columns. |
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The Parliament Building
Syntagma Square, Athens
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| ZAPPEION HALL |
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Zappeion Hall was financed by Evangellos Zappas, and was used as the first Olympic Village for the 1896 Athens Olympic Games. It is located next to the Parliament Building and the National Gardens. Since the Olympic Games in 1896 it has been used as an event venue, an exhibition center , a conference hall and press center. It is also the locale of many political events in Greece, such as the signing of the Treaty of Accession by which Greece became a member of the European Economic Community in 1979, and the signing of the Treaty of Accession by which the 10 new countries became members of the European Union, which took place in April 2003, during Greece's EU presidency.
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1874-1888 |
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Doric-style columns, atrium, peristyle. |
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There are many other historical buildings in Attica worth visiting during your stay:
The Eye-Clinic, The Students' Club of the University of Athens, The Gas Factory Workshops,
Athens City Hall, The Poulopoulos Old Hat-Factory, The Rail-way Station (Piraeus-Peloponnese) The Office Building in Athenas Street, 37 Dionysiou Areopagitou Building,
17 Dionysiou Areopagitou Building, The Cathedral of Athens, The National Theater Building,
The National Bank of Greece Building, Melas Mansion, The National Technical University,
FIX Factory, The Kamariza Mining Industry in Lavrion, The Municipal Theater of Piraeus, The Eugenidion Planetarium.
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ATHENS HOTELS GUIDE
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United Online S.A., 61-63 Protopapadaki St., 11147, Galatsi, Athens, Greece
Tel. (+30) 210 2139810, Fax: (+30) 210 2134822 - E-mail:
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