Listed building of the former Emporiki Bank on Aeolou and Sofokleous Streets.
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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.
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.
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Last visit 15/6/2024
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It was built during the interwar period, but today, we see the final form that took during the period 1955-1959.
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