Proveleggios House

What I can see

At first, it was a two-storey, very simple and robust building, like the first Athenian houses of the 19th century. With its recent renovation, the attic and neoclassical decorative elements were added, which have nothing to do with the original, austere form of the building. Today, it houses the youth of a political party, the Sputnik multipurpose hall and the Nikos Poulantzas Institute.

What I can't see

This area was called Hezolitharo or Hesmeno Lithari, which means Shitty Rock, and was deserted. Urban mansions gradually began to be built, because there were plans to build the royal palace in today’s Omonia Square. We do not know the original owners of the house. It is probable that it first belonged to the Italian Count Bocari. Later, it is mentioned in documents as the house of Dimitrios Votsaris and then it became property of the Proveleggios family. It had been a squat of the anti-authoritarian political scene (Squat of Keramikos) for several years, until the death (1999) of the architect Aristomenis Proveleggios, who was the legal owner of the mansion and also tolerant of the squat, which was later evacuated.

Info

• Address: 24 Myllerou & Keramikou St.

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