Palataki has been declared as preserved
building, owned by the Municipality of Haidari since 1979. The building is
located at the Athens Avenue. It’s a romantic historical architecture style
with New-Gothic elements and fortified features.
The two floors of the
Tower consist of decorated rooms, ceiling paintings, stately furniture, attic
and basement.
Today in the Tower
Palataki is accommodated the Intellectual Center of the Municipality of Haidari
and the Library
Click here and here and here and here to see some photos from workshop in Palataki.
Nicolaos Gyzis’ Building has been declared as
preserved building in the Municipality of Haidari and is located at the
forecourt of the Tower Palataki .
The walls of the
building are full with paintings of Gysis called “The Four Seasons”: Spring,
Summer, Fall, Winter. The last one is missing since the devastating decades of
Noeclassicism, when the place of the “Winter” took a window. This work of art
reveals all the details of how the yard of the building was, at the time when
Nicolaos Gyzis lived there. (From 1865 to 1870).
The Botanic Garden of Diomidis
owned by the
University of Athens, extends over 1500 acres and includes a rich collection of
flowers and plants around the world. According to the International Association
of Botanic Gardens is a museum, which exposes scientifically documented plant
collections.
Apart from its educational value, it’s one of
the major recreation areas and parks in Athens. It’s a place worth to be
visited from young and old lovers of the nature.
Click here and here to see some fotos from Sept. 4th - workshop in the botanical garden in Chaidari
The Byzantine Monastery in Dafni
is located on the foot
of the Mountain “Poikilo”, at Athens Avenue and was built on the place, where
the Temple of Apollon in Dafni, used to be. Since 1990, has been designated as
a UNESCO world heritage, while the earthquake in 1999 caused severely damages
to the monastery, which are being restored gradually.
The Monastery of Dafni
was built probably around 1080, sponsored by an unknown benefactor, as no
dedicatory inscription was found.
The Dafni Monastery
consists of the church, the precinct, the monks” cells, the Holy Table, the
kitchen, the baths, the cistern and a rectangular room. The monastery dates
back to the late 11th century and represents the architectural type of the
octagonal cruciform church. The mosaics in the cathedral are the best preserved
of the first period and the most representative is the one which depicts Christ
the Almighty inside of the dome.
