Malcolm Villa

What I can see

The Malcolm Villa was a luxury residence in the days of the newly established Greek State. The architectural design was made by Stamatis Kleanthis and Eduard Schaubert. It is a simple building of early neoclassical architectural style, lightly decorated, with a pediment on the facade. The original building has been rendered almost non-visible due to subsequent additions.

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At that time, the transport of the villa’s Maltese building materials, using two two-wheeled carts, was impressive. The area was rural and very deserted. Those who visited Malcolm were armed for fear of robbers. The mansion was first inhabited by the British Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, then by the Ambassador of France, the Duchess of Placentia, the Prime Minister Spyros Trikoupis (father of Charilaos Trikoupis), and the writer Dimitrios Rodokanakis. Later it housed the asylum for incurable diseases. Malcolm was a British admiral in the Mediterranean, who replaced Codrington. At the time, the citizens of the newly established state wanted to distance themselves from the traditional Oriental and Ottoman architecture and adopted neoclassical elements that emphasized the ideological connection to the glorious classical past of ancient Greece.

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• Address: 39 Ag. Zonis St.

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