National Library of Greece
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The National Library of Greece is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, headquarters of the organization since 2017
The Vallianeion Megaron, which housed the Library prior to 2017
Ioannis Kapodistrias
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Count Ioannis Antoniou Kapodistrias, sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of 19th-century Europe.
National Library of Greece
…Greek: Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος, romanized: Ethnikí Vivliothíki tis Elládos) is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the perpetual evidence of Greek culture and its uptake over time, as well…
Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos
Kapodistrias family home in Corfu. The plaque between the two windows to the left of the entrance mentions he was born there.
Statue of Ioannis Kapodistrias (by Georgios Bonanos) in Panepistimiou street, in front of the National and Kapodistrian University, Athens.
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence