Athens - Museum of Athens (formerley King Otto Museum)
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The King Otto Museum is now the new Museum of Athens. It occupies the modest mansion, built in 1834, in which King Otto and Queen Amalia resided from 1836 until 1842, when they moved into the newly built palace in Syntagma Square.
The last descendant of the original builder (Stamatios Vouros), Lambros Evtaxias, had it restored to its original form by the architect Jannis Travlos, using the plans of its original German architects, Lüders and Hoffer, and made it available to house the museum.
The last descendant of the original builder (Stamatios Vouros), Lambros Evtaxias, had it restored to its original form by the architect Jannis Travlos, using the plans of its original German architects, Lüders and Hoffer, and made it available to house the museum.
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In addition to numerous mementos and pictures of King Otto's time (1815-67, reigned 1833-62), including loans from the Bavarian State Collections, the museum contains an interesting model of Athens in 1842, on a scale of 1:1,000. Various views of the city and some architectural drawings complete the collection.
Address:
King Otto Museum, Klafthmónos Square, Athéna , Greece
Hours:
9am-1pm; Closed: Sun, Tue, Thu, Sat
Transit: Trolleybus: 1, 2, 4, 5, 11, 12 (Klafthmonos).
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