“Estia” newspaper offices

What I can see

The office building of ESTIA newspaper is a typical example of neoclassicism of the second half of the 19th century and is built on a base- main body -crowning logic. The facade is symmetrical, has decorative marble carvings, and the balcony of the first floor is also made of marble. The openings of the ground floor are decorated with marble pillars with capitals of Corinthian order. This is also the case with the openings of the first floor; however the pillars are of smaller width.

What I can't see

In the interior, the ceilings’ decoration is impressive. The second floor was the residence of Kyros family and the other floors were the newspaper facilities. Initially, ESTIA was housed elsewhere (first as a magazine and then as a daily political newspaper) and later moved here, as is the case to this day. ESTIA was a pro-Venizelos newspaper and its release was suspended or banned 4 times: 1) during the National Divide period, 2) during the Plastiras government, when the newspaper denounced the trial of those unjustly sentenced for the Asia Minor Catastrophe 3) during the Pangkalos dictatorship 4) during the German occupation (WWII), when the director Achilleas Kyrou was arrested for resistance activities. The newspaper remains political to this day and expresses the strongly conservative political spectrum.

Info

• Address: 7 Anthimou Gazi St.

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