Hellenic School

The Hellenic School is a building of early neoclassical architecture.


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Timeline

Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )

1856 Beginning of construction.

1859 Completion.

1871 Became property of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens.

1872 A two-storey building was added on Massalias Street. It housed a chemical laboratory, an anatomy amphitheater and a morgue, where the bodies of resistance fighters and victims of famine were identified during the Nazi occupation.

1972 The dictatorship almost demolished it to build a new Ministry of Education. It survived thanks to the university dean’s and prominent architects’ strong reaction.

1980 Due to serious damage from a strong earthquake, restoration began under the supervision of Solon Kydoniatis and also, the adjacent newer buildings were demolished. The restoration was completed 3 years later and the project was handed over to the public after another 3 years.

2002 A total interior remodeling took place that lasted 2 years.

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)

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