Lysandros Kaftanzoglou
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Lysandros Kaftanzoglou (Greek: Λύσανδρος Καυτανζόγλου, 1811 – 1885), was a Greek architect[1] of the 19th century and Chancellor of the National Technical University of Athens.
He was born in Thessaloniki. During the massacres of the Greek community in 1821 by the Ottomans,[2] his family left to Marseille. He later studied architecture in Rome.
He worked in independent Greece and designed buildings in Athens and other cities.
Some of his works include:
- The building of the National Technical University of Athens.
- The old St Andrew church in Patras.
- The old building of Arsakeion, Athens (today houses the Council of State).
- Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite
- St Irene church, Athens
- Ophthalmological Hospital, Athens
- St Constantine church, Omonoia, Athens
The Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki is named after him.
Gallery[]
Entrance of the National Technical University of Athens
The old St Andrew church, Patras
St. Dionysius the Areopagite, Athens
St Irene church, Aiolou street, Athens
Arsakeion
References[]
Sources[]
- Λύσανδρος Καυταντζόγλου biography
Categories:
- History of Greece (1832–1862)
- 1811 births
- 1885 deaths
- People from Thessaloniki
- Greek Macedonians
- 19th-century Greek architects
- National Technical University of Athens faculty