Emporiki Bank
Listed building of the former Emporiki Bank on Aeolou and Sofokleous Streets.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
It was built during the interwar period, but today, we see the final form that took during the period 1955-1959.
Ottoman era (1453- 1821)
Byzantine era (331 AC- 1453)
Roman era (30 BC- 330 AC)
Hellenistic era (322- 31 BC)
Classical era (478-323 BC)
Archaic era (800-479 BC)
Geometric era (-1100- 800 BC)
Prehistory (-1100 BC)
What I can see
It is a case of a building in which neoclassicism is combined with the principles of modernism, which is why it is considered a sample of simplified functionalist neoclassicism.
What I can't see
It was part of the renovation of the Emporiki’s bank main building, in collaboration with the architect Konstantinos Kitsikis. Emporiki was a historic bank and it was sold to the French Credit Agricole in 2006. It had also set up a Historical Archive under the umbrella of the Research and Education Foundation, which ceased to operate in 1991.
Info
- Address: 80 Aeolou & Sofokleous St.
Bibliography
Yohalas T., Kafetzaki Τ., (2013), Αθήνα, Ιχνηλατώντας την πόλη με οδηγό την ιστορία και τη λογοτεχνία [Athens, Tracing the city guided by history and literature], ESTIA Bookstore
National Research Foundation, (d.u.), Αρχαιολογία της πόλης των Αθηνών, [Archaeology of the city of Athens], in
https://archaeologia.eie.gr/archaeologia/gr/arxeio_more.aspx?id=74
Last visit 15/6/2024
Mitropoulou K., (d.u.), Αθήνα, μνήμες και κτήρια, [Athens, memories and buildings], Athens: Sideris Publication
National Research Foundation, (d.u.), Αρχαιολογία της πόλης των Αθηνών, [Archaeology of the city of Athens], in
https://archaeologia.eie.gr/archaeologia/gr/arxeio_more.aspx?id=74
Last visit 15/6/2024
Mitropoulou K., (d.u.), Αθήνα, μνήμες και κτήρια, [Athens, memories and buildings], Athens: Sideris Publication
