Creating Modern Athens (Routledge Focus On Urban Studies)

This book explores the development of the city of Athens after the Greek War of Independence. It presents the process of creation of a neo-classical capital, in the place of a pre-existing town with the remains of a long history. The book examines the treatment of the pre-revolutionary town, its connection with the neo-classical city, the position of old churches in this antiquity-centered capital, and the factors that influenced the implementation of the projects for the new capital and their consequences on the city's evolution. It will be of interest to historians, geographers, architects and scholars of Europe.

• | Author: Denis Roubien
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 148 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138291668
• | ISBN-13: 9781138291669