The Numismatic Museum of Athens occupies a three-story neoclassical mansion on Panepistimiou Street, easily identified by the terracotta copies of ancient statues lining its roof and garden perimeter. Completed in eighteen eighty, this…
Athens Neoclassical Architecture
Trace the 19th-century vision of Athens as a grand European capital along its most elegant neoclassical avenues, from the famous Trilogy to monumental private palaces.
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1. Numismatic Museum of Athens
2. Holy Catholic Cathedral of Saint Denis the Areopagite
The Cathedral of Saint Denis the Areopagite stands on Panepistimiou Avenue as a neo-Renaissance basilica, distinguished by its three-aisle layout and the formal, geometric precision of its nineteenth-century design. While the building…
3. Eye clinic of Athens
The Ophthalmological Clinic of Athens is distinguished by the combination of its neoclassical design and the elaborate ceiling paintings found within its interior. Located on Sina Street, this building is one of the oldest healthcare…
4. Academy of Athens
The Academy of Athens is identifiable by the two tall Ionic columns flanking its entrance, which are topped by large statues of the goddess Athena and the god Apollo. Below them, seated marble figures of the philosophers Plato and Socrates…
5. Panepistimio
Panepistimio is an underground station on Line two of the Athens Metro, named after the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens located just above. When engineers began excavating this site in the late twentieth century, they…
6. Vallianeio Megaron
The Vallianeio Megaron is defined by a distinctive, wide double marble staircase that sweeps up to a massive portico. This neoclassical structure on Panepistimiou Street was designed by the Danish architect Theophil Hansen and completed in…
7. Stoa Arsakeiou
The Stoa Arsakeiou is a monumental, glass-roofed arcade defined by its internal octagonal square and a distinctive dome. It occupies a central city block in Athens bounded by Panepistimiou, Stadiou, Pesmazoglou, and Arsaki streets.…
8. National Historical Museum - Old Parliament House
The National Historical Museum occupies the Old Parliament House, a neoclassical building on Stadiou Street characterized by its imposing façade and the bronze equestrian statue of General Theodoros Kolokotronis standing in the square out…