Den nyklassiska arkitekturen i Grekland

Abstract

Summary In 1967 the first comprehensive work on Greek neo‐classical architecture appeared. It is the result of the foresight and initiative of the Commercial Bank of Greece in preserving in photographic records all neo‐classical buildings in Greece. Thanks to the eminent knowledge of Dr. John Travlos this inventory has been carried out with great care and circumspection. Like other European cities Athens undergoes a rapid change in townplanning where old, now historical buildings are being pulled down. Therefore, no efforts have been spared to make a complete record of these. The special significance and curiously selfevident position of neoclassical buildings of Greece are an integral part of its modern history as it developed after the end of the War of Independence in 1833. They reflect a late phase of European neo‐classical architecture formed at the beginning of the century when Greece fought for national independence and strived to be reunited with Europe. This goes back to the fifty years that lie ...