In 1875 the German architect Ernst Ziller built a district of luxurious mansions in the Kastella area. The project was completed in 1877 and became known as “Ziller District” or otherwise “Mansion District”. Of these houses on the eastern side...
The German architect Ernst Ziller in 1875 bought an undeveloped area in the region of the uninhabited Alexandras Square, where he rebuilt in 1877 a series of 7 mansions. The first mansion was used by King George I and Queen Olga as a summer house. In the second house...
It is a three-story building with a symmetrical layout of the faces and a clear tripartite division of the building’s volume into base, main body and crown. It is believed to have been built in 1912. It is the property of the Mazarakaton – Travlianon...
It is a three-story building dating back to the early 20th century, where the main face on the Kountouriotou Coast is very distinctive with the central semi-circular element, the columns of Doric order, the corner semi-roofed spaces on the first floor and the axially...
The two-story gabled building is stylistically classified among the eclectic buildings with elements of neo-gothic architecture (such as the pointed windows and tower-shaped finials). It is also known as “the stone tower or the stone house with the palm...
The Arsenal of Philon is one of the most magnificent public buildings of ancient Piraeus. It was designed by Philon Exikestidis during the time of the orator Lycurgus (346-328 BC), whereas according to other sources it is claimed that it was built during the time of...
