Filothei and Palaio Psychiko- Galatsi and Kypseli
The top of a hill separates the robust garden towns οf Filothei and Palaio Psychiko with the middle-class densely built districts of Galatsi and Kypseli.
Modern and Contemporary era (1821 - )
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
What I can't see
These urban contrasts are not accidental. The arrival of the Greek refugees in 1922 pushed the bourgeois into closed communities. The bourgeoisie was urbanely developed vertically with the construction of the first blocks of flats, while the refugees expanded horizontally in space with one-storey houses. New, unplanned settlements were developed by the incoming refugees, with the result that the state lost control of urban planning in those neighborhoods. The rapid development of apartment buildings in neighborhoods such as Kypseli, as well as in garden cities like Psychiko and Filothei, blurred the lines separating the bourgeois from the refugees and the working class. This happened largely because the nouveau riche, an economically unstable class who were influenced by the peculiar propaganda of the time to imitate the wealthy, often chose to live in these high-density areas. Thus, residency in blocks of flats was no longer considered a status symbol by the truly well-off, and when the city centre deteriorated during the period of the junta, the lower and middle classes began to expand into areas like Galatsi.
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