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for destination: "SYROS
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Buildings
Tel: +30 22810 79133
Massive building of monumental style with simple
architectural lines and interesting construction. It has marble-built parts
with furrow joints while marble stripes separate the stories and a cοnvex and
concave moulding sets off the edifice's base. The final cornice is of marble and
there is also a built parapet around the chamber. The building could well be described
as an apartment building since it had different entrances. Morphologically
and historically, the building is significant. As it can also be seen at the signposts,
there lived Ch.A.Kriaras, resided King Otto and stayed E. Venizelos while an infant.
From 1935 to 1963, it served as a Girls' Highschool.
By a ministerial decree of 1987, the building was identified as a
work of art encircled by a protection zone extending to the property's boundaries.
Today, part of the building is inhabited while the rest is empty.
The First Hospital - Koutsodontis Inheritance
- Xenios Dias WebPage, University of Patras
Public Secondary School
The first Secondary School of Hermoupolis is situated behind the Town Hall. Founded
in 1833, it was the first of its kind, not only in Hermoupolis, but in the whole
of Greece. Together with the Secondary School of Nauplion, these were the first
buildings constructed especially for this purpose. It is a two-storeyed building,
ornately decorated along the central part of the first floor. It was designed
by the Bavarian architect Herlaher and it was inaugurated on the 13th of November,
1834. According to an inscription at the entrance to the building, its first headmaster
was Neofitos Vamvas. It has comfortable, high-ceilinged rooms. In the central
hall on the first floor, we see a large frescoe of the Parthenon. Not only children
from Syros studied there, but also from Chios,
Psara and Crete.
The school counts among its pupils such eminent figures as Eleftherios Venizelos,
Dimitrios Vikelas, Andreas Sigoros, Klon, Kiparissos Stefanos and others. This text is cited Apr 2003 from the University of Patras' XENIOS DIAS website URL below.
Tel: +30 210 3253059, 3243289,
Fax: +30 210 3232547
The building is a mansion of heavily decorated architecture in the outside and
interesting adornments inside. It is marble-built with masonry ashlar and a gable
pediment on the third floor's shaft. Among its characteristic elements are the
well-worked arched openings of the ground-floor shops and the decorations of exceptional
technique on the stories (balcony windowsills, window cornices with legs dentils.
The mansion was built by the architect, T. Vlysidis from the island of Syros.
After its recent repair, the wall-paintings were destroyed (mainly
those in the stairwell).
By a ministerial decree of 1987, the building was identified as a
work of art encircled by a protection zone extending to the property's boundaries.
Velissaropoulos Mansion
- Xenios Dias WebPage, University of Patras
Tel: +3022813 61000,
Fax: +3022810 88232
The Townhall of Ermoupolis
Squares & gardens
Miaouli Square
Miaouli Square is impressive indeed. It is paved with marble slabs and bordered by tall palmtrees. The statue of admiral Andreas Miaoulis and the marble circular bandstand of the Philharmonic Orchestra are its main features, apart from the impressive Town Hall of Hermoupolis.
Tsiropina square
The Prefecture of the Cyclades is housed in a neoclassical mansion on Tsiropina square.
Traditional settlements
Vaporia Quarter
The Vaporia Quarter, the architectural jewel of Hermoupolis, is situated behind the church of Agios Nikolaos. A number of magnificent, restored buildings, with their wonderful frescoes, are situated here. Their proud occupants mainly belonged to the island's powerful shipowners' dynasty. This part of the town offers a breathtaking panoramic view of the Aegean Sea.
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