Naval Hospital (N.N.A.)

The Piraeus Naval Hospital is the first Naval Hospital of the Navy and was founded in 1869. In 1914-1920 the new Naval Hospital operated on Xavieriou Coast. Another floor was added to the existing mansion, while in the quadrangle a church of the Russian community was erected. During the Occupation and the civil war, the building was used for other purposes. In 1981, the building suffered significant damage from the earthquake that hit the Attica basin and consequently the Hospital ceased to operate. In 1985 the building was renovated and reopened. In 2001, at the initiative of the Hellenic Navy General Staff, the building was renovated, modernized and operates to this day as the Piraeus Naval Hospital (N.N.A). It is a four-story building with a tiled roof. Morphologically, it displays simple geometric shapes, as it constitutes a compact solid, with references to Neoclassicism, such as the casings that adorn the openings with the wooden French frames, the balconies with the marble corbels on the second floor, the cornice at the point of division of the floors, etc. The top floor in the building is a later addition, since it displays morphologically simplified elements.