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Athens (Attica) | Attica | Athens City

Athens Neo-classical Public Buildings

Athens is a melting pot of many different architectural styles, ranging from Greco-Roman, Neo-Classical, to modern. Many of the most prominent buildings of the city are either Greco-Roman or neo-classical in style. Some of the neo-classical buildings to be found are public buildings erected during the mid-nineteenth century under the architectural guidance of Theophil Freiherr von Hansen: These buildings include the Greek Parliament, the Zappeion Hall, the Old Parliament (1875-1932) (now the National Historical Museum), the Athens Academy, the National and Capodistrian University of Athens and the Athens Town Hall. But there are more exceptionally beautiful members in the neo-classical buildings' list. Almost all of them were financed by wealthy "Greeks of the Diaspora", i.e. Greeks who had created immense fortunes abroad and who contributed in the creation of the neccessary infrastructure, so that 19th century Athens be equipped to fulfill its function as the newly proclaimed capital of liberated Greece.

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The National and Capodistrian University of Athens

The buildings of the Academy of Athens, the National and Capodistrian University of Athens and, of course, the National Library, bind together to form the so-called “Athens Neoclassical Trilogy”. (Photos by Michael Tziotis)


National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Frontal View

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Frontal View
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: View of Back, on Academias Street

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: View of Back, on Academias Street


Photo taken from the entrance of the Theatrical Museum, next to the Cultural Center of Athens
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Koraes Statue

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Koraes Statue


To the right of the Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Koraes Statue (Closeup)

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Koraes Statue (Closeup)


To the right of the Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Capodistrias Statue

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Capodistrias Statue


To the left of the Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Entrance Pediment

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Entrance Pediment
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance Columns and Pediment

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance Columns and Pediment
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Entrance Detail

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Entrance Detail
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Rigas Fereos

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Rigas Fereos


It is located to the building's right, to the left as we face it. Rigas was one of those who paved the way to the Greek Revolution against the Turkish rule in 1821. He was a poet, writer, playwright. politician, political philisopher, translator of science books and an editor, a most prominent figure in the Age of Enlightenment. He was arrested by the Austrian authorities in Vienna and handed over to the Turkish police in Belgrade by whom, together with another seven of his comrades, after one and a half month of torture, in June 1798, were strangled and their bodies thrown in the river Danube. The tiny street northwest of the University building, that is the one next to Rigas' statue, is named after him in his honor.
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Rigas Fereos (Medium Closeup)

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Rigas Fereos (Medium Closeup)
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Patriarch Gregorios the 5th

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Patriarch Gregorios the 5th


The statue is to the building's left. Gregorios the 5th, Patriarch in Constantinople, was a martyr of the Greek nation, born in Dimitsana. He was tortured and hanged to death by the Turkish mob in Constantinople, when the news for the outbreak of the Greek Revolution of 1821 reached the city. The tiny street to the building's left, i.e. the one separating the buildings of the Academy and the University, is named after the martyr's name.
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Patriarch Gregorios the 5th (Medium Closeup)

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Statue of Patriarch Gregorios the 5th (Medium Closeup)
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Entrance Frescoes

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Entrance Frescoes


The entrance is adorned with a series of wall frescoes that form a Greek Π. This Π must be imagined as having two very short 'legs' and a very long horizontal part with the Main Entrance fresco in the middle. This is a photo of the right short leg.
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance Fresco over the Gate

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Main Entrance Fresco over the Gate
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Entrance Frescoes

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: The Entrance Frescoes


This is a photo of the left short leg.
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco


First part of the drawing to the right of the fresco over the Main Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco


Second part of the drawing to the right of the fresco over the Main Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco


Third part of the drawing to the right of the fresco over the Main Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco


Fourth part of the drawing to the right of the fresco over the Main Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco


Fifth part of the drawing to the right of the fresco over the Main Entrance
National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco

National and Capodistrian University of Athens: Façade Wall Fresco


Sixth and last part of the drawing to the right of the fresco over the Main Entrance

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