Nikos Vatopoulos

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Athenian Architecture Between the Wars

Everyone loves neoclassical; everyone hates the concrete jungle. Luckily, Athens is rich in transitional styles ranging from Viennese neo-rococo to florid French ‘Beaux Arts’, from Art Deco details to severe 1930s rationalism. It takes some poking around to find them but it is worth it.

Leoforos Vassilissis Sofias

The road which Roman governors, Turkish voivodes and Greek industrial magnates took to their villas in Kifissia and across which 17N terrorists not long ago lobbed a missile at the local EC headquarters, Queen Sofias Boulevard, remains the noblest thoroughfare of Athens.