What I can see

It is an eclectic building with a neo-baroque style and a trapezoidal ground plan. It was designed by Alexandros Nikoloudis, a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. It has an area of 8,270 sqm and houses the Military Officers’ Club. Right next to it, there is the Pavlos Melas monument, a work by Lazaros Sochos (1910), dedicated to the Macedonian fighter Pavlos Melas.

What I can't see

Here was an artillery barracks. The building was built on the site intended for a courthouse, designed by the same architect. The construction of the building went through many bureaucratic adventures. The name was given in honour of Petros Saroglou (or Saroglos), who was the son of a caviar merchant and an artillery major and bequeathed his property (house, weapons, collections) to the “General Club of Land and Sea Military Officers”, whο built the mansion. Inside, it is decorated with 86 magnificent paintings by Greek and foreign artists.

Info

• Address: Pavlos Melas Sq. & Rigillis St.

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