syggrou forest Athens, little gothic church

[zafiris]

photos here http://www.pbase.com/apmaria/siggroupark


from http://www.dasossygrou.gr
http://www.dasossygrou.gr/Villa_in_sunset.jpg

Master Plan
http://www.dasossygrou.gr/Syggrou_master_plan.jpg

http://www.dasossygrou.gr/Green_index.jpg
Ενώ στο πράσινο η Αθήνα "πιάνει πάτο", ορισμένοι ζητούν "αξιοποίηση" του Δάσους Συγγρού!

[arxeos]

i know this post is very old but i was bored and watched through the forum for older topics , anyhow this is really rare in Greece it must be the only gothic architecture in Greece or am i wrong?

[AAL]

No, there's more, even within Athens itself. The most central one is St Paul's Anglican church in Amalias, close to Syntagma. I am not sure if there are more in Athens, but there are more in other places in Greece. Still, it's quite a rare style for Greece, as you said.

[ELLIN]

as rare is the byzantine architecture to west Europe

[skyduster]

Vey nice!! I'd love to see that mansion restored!

Gothic architecture in Greece is not as rare as we think. Many Venetian and particularly Frankish forts and castles in Greece have subtle elements of Gothic design. In Rhodes, there is an entire well-preserved large medieval city, castle, and palace that have a heavy Gothic style.

Byzantine architecture in western Europe is not very rare either. It's actually quite common in Italy, because Italy was ruled by the Byzantine Empire -off and on- for centuries. Saint Mark's basilica in Venice is Italy's most famous example. Byzantine Revival style (fused with Romanesque) has also influenced many 19th and 20th century churches in France. Cathédrale de la Major in Marseille is a prime example.

[NickyF]

There are numerous gothic inspired buildings in the prefecture of Ellis, (Klemoutsi and Andravida come to mind) albeit in various states of ruin. Most are churches established by Cistertian and Francisken monks, if I'm not wrong. They have the characterisic gothic windows with rosettes and wall butresses.