Academy of Athens (modern)
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The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy, and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926, with its founding principle tracing back to the historical Academ
The main building of the Academy of Athens, one of Theophil Hansen's "Trilogy" in central Athens.
Panoramic view
Statue of Socrates with the Apollo column in the background (by sculptor Leonidas Drosis)
Pediment and entablature of the main building
Theophil Hansen
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Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in Athens and Vienna, and is considered
Baron Theophil von Hansen
Hansen's grave at the Vienna Central Cemetery
The modern Academy of Athens, next to the University of Athens and the National Library (not shown) forming "the Athenian Trilogy". The academy and the university buildings were designed by Theophil Hansen (1885) in Greek Ionic, academically correct even to the polychrome sculpture. The statues and columns were worked by Leonidas Drosis.
Athens Observatorium