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Churches
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Agios Georgios (Saint
George)
The church of Saint George on Piraios street is one of the most
elegant examples of modern religious architecture in Athens. Built
in 1910, it was designed by Ernst Ziller and formed part of the
wider building complex of the Georgios and Aikaterini Chatzikostas
Orphanage, designed by the same architect.
The
church was surrounded by the boundary of all of this institution
which meant that it was not visible or easily accessible for the
public. With the demolition of the orphanage in 1963, however,
this early work of the German architect could be admired. Ziller
attempted to develop a particular type of small, Christian church,
an impressive dominating dome that covers most of the building,
decorative arched endings on the upper walls, multilobed windows
and pediments at the end of the cruciform plan.
The
imaginativeness and elegance of Saint George’s church are
unfortunately missing from the later church of The holy Trinity
(Agia Tiada) of 1925, which is situated a bit further on the on
the other side of the road. Its bulk has blocked the view towards
Kerameikos to a great extend.
Piraios street
Monastiraki
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