Αποκατεστημένοι "οι λέοντες του Πειραιά". Είδηση για τη μόνη πόλη, όπου καταρρέουν τόσο μαζικά, μοναδικά αριστουργήματα

Η ιστορική Ελληνογαλλική Σχολή Πειραιά "Jeanne D' Arc", διέσωσε ένα από τα πολλά και σημαντικά παλιά κτίρια του Πειραιά, που καταρρέουν. Useful Information for English speaking Visitors (more pictures inside): Pireus has of the most important old buildings in Greece and a big amount of them is currently in serious danger, as nowhere else in the country. In this article old mansion with shops, abandonded for decades, renovated ~2016 by the Greek - French school  of Pireus "Jeanne D' Arc" (of 1859). Rare neoclassical marble lion balcony holders, on a building with simple eclectic style. It's hard to say when it was built (could be a construction of 1910's or even of ~1860, that was renovated around 1910).

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Ξενοδοχείο "Άρνη". Το κτίριο που προσγείωσε τας Ευρώπας στην καρδιά της Καρδίτσας!

Ένα κτίριο πανελληνίως σπάνιου ρυθμού, που θα περίμενες να το δεις στο Παρίσι! Useful Information for English speaking Visitors (more pictures inside): 1921 hotel building in Karditsa, Thessaly. Rare for Greece rococo rhythm, total unexpected to exist in a city of  Thessaly prefecture. Unknown French architect. From 1923 until ~ 1940 it's central entertainment room (cafe, ballroom) hosted hundreds of shows (cinema, theater and many other) and it became the main social and entertainment center of the city and wider. Many Greek famous actors, artists e.t.c. passed from it's small scene. Many prime ministers, until today, stayed in "Arni".  A very strong earthquake destroyed the dome in 1954. The name "Arni" comes from an ancient city nearby, and it was given by the first owner Tertipis (politician), in order to honer his brother, that won the Turks there. Renovated in 2005, is a very special luxury hotel today, named "Domotel Arni Historic Hotel".

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Μεσοπολεμικόν ξενοδοχείον ο Ερύμανθος εν Παλαιώ Φαλήρω

Ένα από τα ελάχιστα σωζόμενα κτίρια του Π. Φαλήρου και από τα πιο γνωστά, λόγω σημείου. Useful Information for English speaking Visitors (more pictures inside): South Athens, Center of Paleo Phalero, coast square of  Flisvos, Posidonos Av. Built in the decade of 1920 as a hotel named Erimanthos (mountain between Achaia & Ilia in Peloponnese). A typical, rare, post neoclassicism, eclectic building, of this era in Athens. In the '20s Paleo Phalero was already the 2nd most developed coast suburb in Attica (after Neo Phalero), because of it's clean sea, with many restaurants, hotels and special villas of  mostly European and less classical style. After 1965 the area was altered as no other in Greece, with mass demolitions of the old buildings for blocks of flats and changes of the coastal environment. Today only few of the important buildings exist.

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Αρχείο: Βίλλα "Ακριβή", ο μεσοπολεμικός πύργος στον οποίο οφείλεται η ονομασία της Ριζούπολης και "τακτοποίησε" ο Μέγας Ευάγγ. Βενιζέλος...

Η καταγεγραμμένη απίστευτη ιστορία του αρχιτεκτονικά και ιστορικά σημαντικού κτιρίου και το χρονικό της απαράδεκτης κατεδάφισής του. Useful Information for English speaking Visitors (more pictures inside): Rare building of 1924 that combined elements of 3 rhythms (the older westεrn type at the roof, the eclectic and the most modern - simple of it' s age 1924, at the rest). Especially after the Athens earthquake of 1999 it had serious problems and the ministry of culture protected it as monument. Finally at 2002 it was demolished, after a wired personal intervention of minister Venizelos (and propably an objection of owners that wanted to get rid of it).

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