Central Council of Modern Monuments
Greece
New Museum for Former Greek Royal Family’s Vintage Cars
Tatoi Palace, the former Greek royal family's Athenian residence, is to be converted into a museum that will also house their fleet of vintage cars. The vehicles were almost forgotten after having been abandoned at that domicile in Athens...
Culture
Former Greek Royal Family's Old Cars Recognized As Monuments
Τen cars of the former Greek Royal Family, which are now abandoned at the Tatoi palace in Athens, were classified as modern monuments by the Central Council of Modern Monuments because they are objects of special technical and aesthetic value connected with major...
Culture
Achilleion Palace Furniture Classified As Modern Monuments
Several furniture from Achilleion palace were unanimously recognized as monuments yesterday, January 11, by the Central Council of Modern Monuments. Achilleion is a palace in Corfu, Greece , which was built by Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi.
This marks the...
Greece
French School of Athens Building Declared a Monument
The main building of the first foreign institute of Athens, the French School, a building that reflects the long history of French philhellenism, has been declared a monument by the Central Council of Modern Monuments (KSNM).
The neoclassic building was built...
Culture
Mikis Theodorakis Returns to Makronisos
Greece's best-known living composer, Mikis Theodorakis, will go back to his place of exile, the island of Makronisos, to watch the performance on his life and work, Poios ti Zoi Mou.
Makronisos is an island in the Aegean sea and...