Neoclassical Architecture in Greece

by Maro Kardamitsi-Adami and Manos Biris

The establishment of the Modern Greek State in the late 1820s, after four centuries of Ottoman rule, marks a crucial development in the long history of the Greek nation. Both socially and culturally the state adopted a firm orientation towards urban progressivism. New towns were built and older ones were radically changed. As one would expect, nineteenth- century urban architecture in Greece stemmed from European classicism, since European culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9602042508
• ISBN13: 9789602042502
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Melissa Publishing House
• Length: 312 Pages